The family of a San Diego woman is suing a San Diego nonprofit two years after first responders found her dead during a charity hiking event on a popular hiking trail in Rancho Peñasquitos.
On June 23, 2024, Diem Le Nguyen joined about 100 other participants in a hike to raise money for the Build a School Foundation, a nonprofit that funds schools for impoverished children around the world. The foundation advertised the event as a 5K from Hilltop Community Park and ended at the Black Mountain Summit.
Temperatures during the hike reached 98 degrees by mid-morning, according to the family’s lawsuit, obtained by Times of San Diego…