Salt Lake County woman was hunting elk in Echo Canyon, Summit County Sheriff’s Office says

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A 58-year-oldUtahwoman died Monday after suffering a gunshot wound in an apparenthuntingaccident, authorities said.

The Salt Lake County woman, whose name was not immediately released, was with two other family members hunting elk around 11 a.m. in the Echo Canyon area, about 50 miles northeast of Salt Lake City, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News Digital in an email early Tuesday.

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The woman was sitting inside a side-by-side utility terrain vehicle (UTV) when a rifle went off, the sheriff’s office said. A bullet struck the woman in the waist and pelvic area.

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