A teen died from extreme heat and his stepfather died in a car crash while trying to get help for the boy at Big Bend National Park in Texas over the weekend, park officials said.
The National Park Service said the stepfather and his two stepsons, all from Florida, were hiking the Marufo Vega Trail around 6 p.m. Saturday when temperatures reached 119 degrees.
Park rangers and Border Patrol agents arrived at the trail around 7:30 p.m. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
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