Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
A motorcyclist died of suspected heat exposure and another was hospitalized for severe heat illness on Saturday amid record-setting temperatures at Death Valley National Park in California, park officials said. The motorcyclist who died was not identified or describe by age or gender, and the condition for the patient who was hospitalized was unavailable. The Inyo County Coroner Office did not immediately respond to a request for information.
The temperatures were well above the 99-degree line over which ambient air provides little cooling to humans, it said. Motorcyclists often wear thick, heavy protective gear, making cooling even more difficult. And helicopters serving as air ambulances that can more quickly traverse the Mojave Desert's expanse are often grounded when liftoff becomes difficult in warmer air, which spreads molecules that favor wider wings or blades and herculean thrust.
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