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Base jumper dies in Utah after wingsuit fails in remote mountainous region

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Identity of man, 27, being withheld pending family notification after 700ft plunge

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Section: US news
By: Victoria Bekiempis
Published: Sep 28, 2026, 1:28 PM UTC
Updated: Sep 28, 2026, 5:51 PM UTC

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Utah

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Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, and Nevada to the west. In comparison to all the U.S. states and territories, Utah, with a population of just over three million, is the 13th-largest by area, the 30th-most populous, and the 11th-least densely populated.

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