10 year old dies after hiking mountain with family on 113 degree day, Arizona cops say
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A 10-year-old boy died after hiking an Arizona mountain with his family during triple-digit temperatures, police said.
Firefighters responded at about 2 p.m. July 2 to the South Mountain Park and Preserve, the Phoenix Fire Department said in a news release.
They found the boy 1 mile up the trail, where he was having a heat-related emergency, and performed life-saving measures on him, fire officials said.
A Phoenix police helicopter airlifted the child from the trail and brought him to an ambulance, where he was taken to a hospital in critical condition, officials said.
Police said he later died from heat at the hospital.
The investigation is ongoing.
Phoenix reached a high of 113 degrees that day, according to AccuWeather and the National Weather Service.
South Mountain Park and Preserve spans more than 16,000 acres and has over 100 miles in trails.
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