A second hiker from Texas has died while on a trail at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, with the latest happening as the man tried to reach the south rim.
A hiker died on Sunday while attempting to reach the south rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, using a popular trail. Grand Canyon National Park’s office of communications said in a press release that a 50-year-old man from San Angelo, Texas, died after hiking back to the rim after an overnight stay at Havasupai Gardens. At about 2 p.m.
Attempts by bystanders and first responders to resuscitate the man were unsuccessful. The matter is being investigated by the NPS in coordination with the Coconino County Medical Examiner. This is the second time in the last two weeks that a hiker from Texas has died in the national park. On June 29, 69-year-old Scott Simms of Austin, Texas, was trying to reach Phantom Ranch via the South Kaibab Trail for an overnight stay when he was found semiconscious around 7 p.m.
He later became unresponsive, and bystanders performed CPR until NPS paramedics arrived. All attempts to resuscitate Simms were unsuccessful. Sims collapsed on the River Trail, about halfway between the Silver Bridge and Black Bridge near Phantom Ranch, according to the NPS. Temperatures on exposed parts of the trail can reach 120 degrees in the shade, the agency said.
An NPS review of deaths in national parks between 2014 and 2019 found that hiking was the second-deadliest recreational activity behind driving, while drowning caused the second-highest number of unintentional deaths after motor vehicle crashes. Fox News Digital's Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.
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