Big Bend National Park officials in Texas said a Florida stepfather and son died after hiking the Marufo Vega Trail on a day when temperatures reached 119 degrees.
Once a team of park rangers and U.S. Border Patrol Agents reached the scene an hour and a half after the call, the 14-year-old had died.
The search then turned toward the stepfather, and at about 8 p.m., his vehicle was found crashed over an embankment at the Boquillas Overlook. An RV camp sits within the Chisos Basin of the Big Bend National Park on October 16, 2016 in West Texas.The Marufo Vega Trail, park officials said, winds through Big Bend’s rocky cliffs and rugged desert, in what is considered the hottest part of the park.
Making the trail even more strenuous is the lack of water and shade, making it dangerous to hike on sizzling summer days.
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