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…
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