News short: Name of man killed in BASE jumping accident near Moab released

Written by Mori Kessler
March 24, 2014

MOAB – The name of the man killed while BASE jumping in Mineral Canyon Friday has been released by the Grand County Sheriff’s Office.

Kevin Morroun, 35, fell 400 feet to his death Friday evening after BASE jumping from an area called “the sweet spot” in Mineral Canyon, one mile east of the Mineral Bottom boat launch, according to a press release from the Grand County Sheriff’s Office.

Morroun’s body was recovered the following day by members of Grand County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mori Kessler serves as a Senior Reporter for St. George News, having previously contributed as a writer and Interim Editor in 2011-12, and an assistant editor from 2012 to mid-2014. He began writing news as a freelancer in 2009 for Today in Dixie, and joined the writing staff of St. George News in mid-2010. He enjoys photography and won an award for photojournalism from the Society of Professional Journalists for a 2018 photo of a bee inspector removing ferals bees from a Washington City home. He is also a shameless nerd and has a bad sense of direction.

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