Heat, Dehydration Kill Family on Hike in a 'Common' Tragedy: Expert
Their deaths initially mystified officials, but a survival expert told Insider this kind of tragedy "happens every year to unprepared adventurers."
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Their deaths initially mystified officials, but a survival expert told Insider this kind of tragedy "happens every year to unprepared adventurers."
A view of the Sierra National Forest and the Hites Cove Trail. Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images Officials were puzzled when a
A California family found deceased in mid-August on a hiking trail near Yosemite National Park likely died due to extreme heat and not algal bloom, which was cited as a possible cause during the investigation.
Mariposa County officials says investigators determined Jonathan Gerrish, his wife, Ellen Chung, and their one-year-old daughter died of hyperthermia.
Mariposa County officials says investigators determined Jonathan Gerrish, his wife, Ellen Chung, and their one-year-old daughter died of hyperthermia.