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The National Park Service is investigating an incident involving a 23-year-old man at Nevada Fall in Yosemite National Park, officials confirmed to SFGATE on Monday.<\/p>

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The brief statement came after social media posts over the weekend described an accident and an emergency response near one of the park\u2019s most visited waterfalls, raising questions about a possible fatality.<\/p><\/div>

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\u201cThe National Park Service is investigating an incident involving a 23-year-old male at Nevada Fall in Yosemite National Park on June 20, 2026,\u201d a Yosemite spokesperson told SFGATE in an email. \u201cEmergency personnel responded to the incident, which remains under investigation. No additional information is available at this time.\u201d<\/p><\/div>

Reports about the incident began circulating Sunday on Reddit, where one user described what they witnessed as a swift-water incident above the waterfall Saturday, though those accounts have not been independently verified by\u00a0SFGATE. A group of friends had been caught in the current atop Nevada Fall, according to the post.<\/p><\/div>

\u201cA person nearby handed the girl a branch and she was rescued,\u201d one user wrote. \u201cBut the other person couldn\u2019t attach to anything and went with the current to the fall.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

They said a helicopter arrived about an hour later and searched the area, while ground rescuers headed toward Nevada Fall carrying equipment.<\/p>

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Another\u00a0Reddit\u00a0user said they encountered what appeared to be an emergency recovery operation while hiking the Mist Trail on Sunday.<\/p><\/div>

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