Woman dies after running out of water, hiking near Utah state park in extreme heat, officials say
FILE - Canyonlands National Park aerial view overlooking the Green River at Island in the Sky, Utah. (Credit: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
A 56-year-old woman died while hiking near a state park in southwestern Utah over the weekend after running out of water on a sweltering day, officials said.
Emergency crews responded near Quail Creek State Park on Sunday to a report of a hiker "in distress due to not having enough water and the temperature being 106 degrees Fahrenheit," the Hurricane City Police Department said in a statement.
When officers arrived, they found the woman unresponsive and, despite conducting life-saving measures, the woman died.
Her death is still under investigation.
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This woman’s death is one of several believed to be caused by heat in the western United States over the past several weeks.
Three hikers died in state and national parks in Utah over the previous weekend, including a father and daughter from Wisconsin who got lost on a strenuous hike in Canyonlands National Park in triple-digit temperatures. A 30-year-old woman died in Snow Canyon State Park while two others were suffering from heat exhaustion.
Another three hikers have died in the past month at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, where summer temperatures on exposed parts of the trails can exceed 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 degrees Celsius).
The Associated Press contributed to this report. This story was reported from Los Angeles.