Death Valley heat causes tourist to become confused — he drives off cliff and dies

Carla Sinclair

Image: National Park Service

A Los Angeles man became the second hiker to die of heat exposure in Death Valley this summer after he apparently became confused and drove his car off a steep hill.

57-year-old Peter Hayes Robino had only hiked a 1-mile circular path on August 1, but with temperatures reaching 119 degrees Fahrenheit that day, Robino quickly b…