A visitor at Yosemite National Park died on Christmas Day after he fell into a body of water, the National Park Service said amid the government shutdown.

The man was recovered from the waters of the Silver Apron area after he suffered a head injury above the Nevada Fall, the park service confirmed in a statement to USA TODAY.

Rangers responded within an hour after the 911 call, and the man received medical treatment but died from his injuries, the park service said. The incident remains under investigation.

The park service had not responded as of Saturday afternoon to USA TODAY’s question about whether the shutdown affected, if at all, the man’s death. Another park official told the Associated Press that the man was not in an area closed due to the shutdown.

The man, who has not yet been identified, is at least the third person to die in a national park during the partial shutdown of the federal government, CBS News reported.

The news network said a woman at Great Smoky National Park died on Dec. 27 when a tree fell and a 14-year-old girl, who appeared to fall to her death, was found Dec. 25 at Arizona’s Horseshoe Bend Overlook.

Many national parks, including Yosemite, have allowed visitors to enter during the federal shutdown, but have been operating largely unstaffed and unsupervised.

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Yosemite recently announced new closures to areas due to safety and health concerns.

Visitors at the California park have been leaving garbage at vista points, bringing dogs into pet-restricted areas, driving vehicles over curbs and even defecating on the ground near padlocked restrooms. Many other parks around the nation have seen similar problems.

The concerns have caused a coalition of retired park service leaders to press the Trump administration to close every national park as the shutdown continues.

“It’s really an awful situation to be in, but our primary job is to protect park resources and the safety of the public,” said Phil Francis, the chairman of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks.

Contributing: Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY and Sam Gross, Reno Gazette Journal

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