A hiker in Acadia National Park died after he fell and hit his head in late June, park officials said on Friday in the first public announcement of the fatality.
It was the third serious incident, and second fatality, that the park responded to in late June.
A 20-year old climber fell 20 feet on the South Wall of Champlain Mountain on June 23 but survived.
On Monday, Acadia rangers also assisted Maine Marine Patrol in responding to a vessel that ran aground off Isle Au Haut. A Canadian man died in that incident.
“Any fatality in the park is devastating,” said Acadia Superintendent Kevin Schneider, “but having three major incidents in the park this close together is hard to fathom. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of those impacted by these terrible tragedies.”
The incident that resulted in the hiker death happened on June 25, Acadia officials said Thursday. The man was hiking near the summit of Cedar Swamp Mountain when he collapsed, they said. He was not breathing and had no pulse when first responders arrived. Life Flight of Maine transported the patient to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, but he subsequently passed away from his injuries, they said.
Acadia officials did not release additional information about the identities of any of the people involved in the incidents over the past 10 days.
