A man died of extreme heat exposure in California's Death Valley National Park earlier this month after crashing his car off a steep embankment.
A man died from heat exposure in triple-digit temperatures while at Death Valley National Park in California. According to the National Park Service , 57-year-old Peter Hayes Robino, of Los Angeles, drove his car off a 20-foot embankment on Aug. 1. Bystanders told local authorities that they spotted Robino stumbling towards his car prior to the incident. Park officials said that the witnesses offered to help him, but he declined. They said his responses did not make sense.
Robino then got into his car and drove off a steep 20-foot embankment at the edge of the parking lot. The car rolled over and airbags deployed, the NPS said. A bystander promptly call 911 after witnessing the incident and another went down the embankment and helped Robino out of the crashed vehicle. NPS emergency responders received the 911 call at 3:50 pm and arrived at 4:10.
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