3 people have died in national parks since the government shutdown began, according to report

• Three people have died in national parks since the US government shutdown began, according to a new report from The Washington Post.
• The partial shutdown went into effect after midnight on December 22 — after the White House and Congress failed to reach an agreement over a stopgap bill to fund the government and $5 billion in funding for President Donald Trump's desired wall along the US-Mexico border.
• Roughly 16,000 of 19,000 National Park Service employees are furloughed, and the parks are being manned by a skeleton staff, The Post reports.
• In a statement to The Washington Post, Jeremy Barnum, a spokesperson for the National Park Service, said that on average six people die in the parks per week due to "accidents like drownings, falls, and motor vehicle crashes and medical related incidents such as heart attacks."

Three people have died in national parks since the government shutdown began, according to a new report from The Washington Post.

The partial government shutdown began after midnight on December 22 — after the White House and Congress failed to reach an agreement over a stopgap bill to fund the government and $5 billion in funding for President Donald Trump's desired wall along the US-Mexico border.

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