Woman dies on hike in Utah's Zion Park, husband hospitalized - The Associated Press - en Español

SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — A pistillate died and a antheral was rescued and treated for hypothermia aft they were caught successful utmost acold upwind portion hiking successful Utah’s Zion National Park, officials said.

The joined mates were connected a permitted, 16-mile (25-kilometer) hike done the parkland country known arsenic the Narrows, the National Park Service said successful a connection Thursday.

The woman, 31, and the man, 33, were not identified by the parkland service.

The Zion National Park Search and Rescue Team responded connected Wednesday greeting aft shuttle drivers said visitors reported an injured antheral and a non-responsive pistillate successful the Narrows, the parkland work said.

The rescue squad recovered the antheral connected a way being helped by different hikers and transported him to the Zion Emergency Operations Center for treatment. Rescuers moved further up the Narrows and recovered the pistillate adjacent the Virgin River. They administered exigency assistance but determined the pistillate had died, the parkland work said.

The mates started their travel done the Narrows connected Tuesday. They stopped astir 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) from the northbound extremity of Riverside Walk, a paved trail. The antheral told rescuers they became “dangerously cold” overnight and experienced symptoms accordant with hypothermia, the parkland work said.

Early connected Wednesday morning, the antheral sought assistance and the pistillate remained successful place. Other visitors administered CPR to the pistillate earlier the rescue squad arrived, the parkland work said.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Utah Office of the Medical Examiner and the parkland work are investigating the origin of the woman’s death.