A man who drove his car off a steep 20-foot embankment at the edge of a parking lot in Death Valley National Park died of heat exposure later that day, the National Park Service says.
A man who drove his car off a steep 20-foot embankment at the edge of a parking lot in Death Valley National Park died of heat exposure later that day, the National Park Service said Monday. It was the second heat-related death this year in the park known for scorching summer temperatures.According to the park service, bystanders saw Peter Hayes Robino, 57, of Duarte, in Los Angeles County, stumble when he got back to the Natural Bridge Trailhead after a one-mile roundtrip on August 1.
and got to the scene 20 minutes later.The bystanders told them Robino was breathing until just before the rangers arrived. The NPS EMTs started CPR and moved Robino into the air-conditioned ambulance, but he was declared dead at 4:42 p.m.An autopsy the Inyo County Coroner found that Robino died of hyperthermia.Symptoms of overheating can include confusion, irritability, and lack of coordination. The Furnace Creek weather station recorded 119 degrees that afternoon.
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