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UBC student dies after cliff fall at Stanley Park

Darpan News Desk Darpan, 29 Jul, 2014 11:09 AM

An Abbotsford man, 22, was found dead following a tragic fall at Prospect Point in Stanley Park on Saturday.

Mai David Huy Huynh was roaming around the park with friends at Prospect Park - a lookout site at the highest point of the park - when shortly later the group of friends noticed that Huynh was missing.

His body was discovered at around 6 p.m. at the seawall, 70 metres below.

Authorities have not released any information detailing how Huynh fell, which is believed to be an accident.

Huynh was a commerce student at the UBC's Sauder School of Business.

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