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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 file photo, an unidentified couple gets married at Taft Point, upper left, in California's Yosemite National Park. A Northern California coroner says a young couple from India was intoxicated when the pair fell to their deaths from the scenic overlook in Yosemite. Autopsy reports provided by the Mariposa County sheriff's department Friday, Jan. 18, 2019 concluded that 30-year-old Meenakshi Moorthy and her husband, 29-year-old Vishnu Viswanath, were both &quot;intoxicated with ethyl alcohol prior to death.&quot; (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers, File)

Coroner: Couple intoxicated during fatal Yosemite fall

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 file photo, an unidentified couple gets married at Taft Point in California's Yosemite National Park. The viewpoint overlooks Yosemite Valley, including El Capitan, a popular vertical ascent for rock climbers across the globe. Yosemite National Park officials have identified two people who died after falling from a popular overlook as a man and a woman from India who were living and working in the United States. Park officials said Monday, Oct. 29, 2018 they were 29-year-old Vishnu Viswanath and his 30-year-old female companion, Meenakshi Moorthy. Park officials recovered their bodies about 800 feet (245 meters) below Taft Point last week. (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers, File)

Indian couple who died in Yosemite took risks for photos

By JOCELYN GECKER and PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press