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Man Dies From Heat Exhaustion At Zion National Park

An out-of-state visitor at Zion National Park died after complaining about heat exhaustion. Medics and emergency medical technicians were dispatched to his location on Monday and found him unresponsive.Officials say Wisconsin resident John Henry Wolfe, 32, was expressing concerns about the weather at the exit route of the Left Fork of North Creek.

 

According to AcuWeather, temperatures reached a high of 95 degrees at Zion National Park when Wolfe mentioned he was experiencing symptoms of heat exhaustion.

 

Officials say the National Park Service and Washington County Sheriff’s Office are continuing to investigate the case.

Tyler Hewitt is the web/social media assistant at UPR. He writes stories every day, updates the website and manages the station's Twitter and Facebook pages. Tyler is a senior at Utah State University and is studying public relations, marketing, and psychology. He loves to write, listen to music, play video games, play tennis and hang out with his fiancé and cat, Juno. He is a great plant dad and recently started collecting vinyl records!