Three hikers were found dead in two separate incidents this week along the North Kaibab Trail in Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, with all three having succumbed to extreme heat by the time emergency services arrived. Photo by U.S. National Parks Service
June 20 (UPI) -- The National Parks Service announced that three people died this week in two separate heat-related incidents at Grand Canyon National Park.
Park rangers and emergency medical personnel responded to the two incidents, which occurred on June 12 and June 16, and both of which happened while hikers were on trails in the Inner Canyon, NPS said Friday in a press release.
All three of the people were deceased when officials arrived, and they were transported with aerial support to the Cococino County Medical Examiner's office.
NPS said that trails in the Inner Canyon region, where all three were found, regularly top 109 degrees Fahrenheit during this time of year.
