A 10-year-old boy has died after he suffered a “heat-related medical emergency” during a hike in Arizona on Tuesday.
Firefighters from the Phoenix, Tempe and Chandler fire departments were called to South Mountain Park and Preserve around 2 p.m. local time, according to a release from Phoenix Fire. Phoenix Police Department said officers were called shortly later to Mormon Trailhead.
The boy had reportedly been hiking with relatives when he began to suffer the medical emergency.
Firefighters, technical rescue team members and police officers reached the boy, who was up about one mile on the trail, according to Phoenix Fire and Phoenix PD. The boy was airlifted from the trail to a waiting ambulance, where he was transported to the hospital in “extremely critical condition” before dying.
Phoenix Fire officials told local ABC News affiliate KNXV-TV that the boy’s family may have been from out of town, but where is unclear.