A hiker reportedly collapsed and died after suffering a medical emergency while hiking on a New Hampshire trail on Monday.
According to New Hampshire Fish and Game officials, conservation officers received a report of a solo hiker who had collapsed while hiking on the Valley Way Trail in Low and Burbanks Grant at roughly 1:30 p.m. on Monday, June 16.
Bystanders who witnessed the hiker collapse got to him immediately, but found him unresponsive. They made an immediate call to 911 and subsequently began providing CPR.
Based on the severity of the medical emergency that was believed to have occurred, and being 2.9 miles from the nearest road, officers called the Army National Guard to request assistance.
A helicopter crew was quickly formed and began responding from their hangar in Concord. During this same time, AMC personnel and conservation officers began hiking to the location of the incident on Valley Way Trail.
At approximately 3:15 p.m., the Army National Guard Blackhawk Helicopter and its crew were able to extract the injured hiker from the remote mountainside location and transport him to an awaiting Gorham EMS Ambulance at the Gorham Municipal Airport.
Gorham EMS, Gorham Fire Department, and Gorham Police Department personnel assisted with the patient transfer.
Despite the best efforts of all involved, the hiker, identified as Richard Perrault, 70, of Clinton, Connecticut, succumbed to the medical event he sustained while hiking and was pronounced dead.
No further information is available at this time.
