A 65-year-old man died at Death Valley National Park when temperatures reached 126 degrees, and park officials believe his death was due to the extreme heat. Southern California was under an Excessive Heat Warning when the man was found in his car July 3.
, the driver was found unconscious at 10 a.m. by a park maintenance worker when they noticed the vehicle about 30 yards off the highway.
NPS park rangers, local sheriff's deputies and the county coroner were called to the scene, where they pronounced the victim dead. The car's tire tracks ran along the road shoulder and rocky berm before veering further away from the paved road, NPS officials said. The vehicle did not crash but had two flat tires when stopped. The initial investigation suggests the man died of a
which may have caused him to run off the road. According to investigators, his car window was down, and the air conditioning in the vehicle was not functioning when the car was discovered.On July 2, the day before the man was found, the high temperature in Death Valley was 126 degrees, and the overnight low was 98 degrees.
The death marks the most recent heat-related fatality in recent weeks, as the Southwest and West have been under Excessive Heat Warnings and
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