Woman dies on Texas national park trail while hiking with family
ABC News
National Park officials say a hiker died while visiting a Texas trail as temperatures reached 90 degrees.
A woman died while visiting a Texas national park with her family Monday as hot temperatures arrived in the area.
Big Bend National Park officials said they received a call around 4:20 p.m. requesting help near the Hot Springs Canyon Trail. When crews arrived at the scene they found a 53-year-old female hiker in medical distress and soon administered CPR, according to park officials.
First responders used an automated external defibrillator and continued to perform CPR for over an hour, but all attempts to revive the hiker were unsuccessful, the officials said.
The unidentified woman was visiting Big Bend for the first time with her family.
