A 56-year-old woman died while hiking near a state park in southwestern Utah after running out of water on a sweltering day, police said.
Hurricane, Utah — 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, police 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,' the Hurricane City Police Department said in a statement.
The woman's death is one of several believed to be heat-related 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.
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