A 20-year-old Massachusetts man died Saturday after suffering a medical emergency while hiking at Monadnock State Park.
New Hampshire Fish and Game conservation officers were notified at about 4:11 p.m. that a hiker on the Cascade Link Trail, about three-quarters of a mile from park headquarters on Poole Road, was experiencing a medical crisis. Good Samaritans who came upon the hiker called 911 and began CPR as his condition worsened.
Conservation officers and multiple emergency agencies responded to the scene, including mountain patrol rangers, area fire departments, ambulance services, law enforcement and Massachusetts Life Flight.
Despite extensive rescue efforts, the hiker, identified as Joshua Luth, 20, of Lancaster, Mass., was pronounced dead.
The cause of death remains under investigation by the New Hampshire Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.