A runner competing in a 250-mile Arizona ultramarathon dies

A participant in a grueling 250-mile ultramarathon on trails across northern Arizona died Tuesday after experiencing a medical emergency, race organizers and local law enforcement said.

PRESCOTT, Ariz. — A participant in a grueling 250-mile ultramarathon on trails across northern Arizona died Tuesday after experiencing a medical emergency, race organizers and local law enforcement said.

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First responders attended to a woman in her 40s who was participating in the race and collapsed at a trailhead in the Groom Creek community south of Prescott, Yavapai County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Paul Wick said on Wednesday.

Cocodona 250 ultramarathon co-director Erika Snyder confirmed the death and declined to provide further details at the request of the runner's relatives.