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Emergency flashing lights are seen on an ambulance. (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)
BLACK CANYON CITY, Ariz. – A woman from California died while hiking north of Phoenix.
What we know:
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office says deputies on July 10 responded to a report of an unresponsive hiker on Badger Springs Trail in Black Canyon City shortly before 6 p.m.
Once at the scene, deputies found a 63-year-old woman dead.
Investigators believe the woman was trying to hike back to the trailhead when she collapsed a quarter mile from her vehicle. No foul play is suspected.
What we don’t know:
The woman wasn’t identified.
Map of the trail