56-year-old hiker in Utah is at least 5th person to die in state and national parks due to heat
A 56-year-old hiker in Utah died at a state park after she fell into “distress” due to a lack of water amid sweltering 106 degree-heat, officials say, marking at least five deaths at state and national parks this month alone.
A 56-year-old hiker in Utah died at a state park after she fell into “distress” due to a lack of water amid sweltering 106 degree-heat, officials say, marking at least five deaths at state and national parks this month alone.
The tragedy unfolded on Sunday when Hurricane City police responded to a call for help and found the woman “unresponsive” on a trail near Quail Creek State Park, police said in a news release. The park is located in the city of Hurricane, in the southwest corner of the state.
Life saving measures were performed, but “unfortunately, those efforts were not enough to save her,” police said.
The woman’s name was not released pending the ongoing investigation.
Sunday marked another day of triple-degree temperatures in the west, which has been grappling with a record-breaking, prolonged heatwave in some parts.
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