A man fell to the edge of the Grand Canyon. He is the third visitor who died in eight days.

A tourist plunged into a Grand Canyon cliff died this week, bringing to three the number of deaths in the park over the past eight days.

Park officials were informed Wednesday around noon that a person had fallen to the brink, according to a statement from the National Park Service released Thursday. The Rangers discovered the body of a 67-year-old man 400 feet south of the south shore of the Grand Canyon Village.

Officials from the National Park Service and the local medical examiner's office are still investigating the death of the tourist. His identity has not been published yet.

On March 28, another visitor fell while taking a picture. The Hong Kong tourist has stumbled on over 1000 feet of rim near the Grand Canyon Skywalk. The horseshoe-shaped bridge, a famous observation and photo on the Hualapai Reserve, was closed to the public the next day, the Associated Press reported.

Two days earlier, on March 26, another male body had been discovered by the authorities in a wooded area near a hiking trail.

A National Parks Service spokeswoman said Wednesday's death was the "first sudden death" at Grand Canyon National Park this year; the March deaths occurred outside the boundaries of the national park.

In 2018, the Grand Canyon National Park attracted nearly 6.4 million guests, a record. The popular tourist destination registered 17 deaths last year.

Wednesday's death prompted the National Parks Service to warn visitors. In a statement issued Thursday, the agency recalled: "Take a safe tour by staying on designated trails and driveways, always keeping a safe distance from the edge of the edge and staying behind the railings and railings. barriers. "