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Wis. Boy Scout dies from rock bridge fall in Utah

Authorities said an 18-year-old Boy Scout from Wisconsin has died after falling 100 feet from a rock formation in Utah.

Anthony Alvin of Green Lake, Wis., was with a group of Scouts and Scout leaders when he fell Saturday morning at Gemini Bridges, near Moab.

Gemini Bridges is a rock span over Bull Canyon that has cleaved into two parallel bridges. It's about 235 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.

In a news release, the Grand County sheriff's office said Alvin tried to jump about 6 feet, from one span of the bridge to the other, but fell backward.

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