A woman collapsed and died while hiking one of the trails at Big Bend National Park in Texas on Monday, the National Park Service announced this week.
The death marked the second hiker fatality at the park in three weeks, according to the agency.
Park rangers and a U.S. Border Patrol agent found the 64-year-old woman unresponsive at around 3:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon, officials said. By the time they reached her, about 45 minutes had passed since the park's communications center received an initial call reporting the woman's collapse and requesting emergency assistance, the NPS said.
Located in the southwestern corner of Texas near the state's border with Mexico, Big Bend National Park is a protected section of the sprawling Chihuahuan Desert, and the weather there is known for extreme desert conditions. Temperatures can rise dramatically — as much as 10 degrees — in low-lying areas of the park like those surrounding the river, according to the
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