NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA — A 39-year-old woman has died after she was stricken with a medical condition on a New Hampshire hiking trail, New Hampshire Fish & Game said.
Conservation officers were notified at about 3 p.m. Sunday after receiving a report that a female hiker was suffering from an unknown medical condition on the Bunnell Notch Trail in Kilkenny.
The hiker has been identified as Danielle Amber Papa, 40, of Schaghticoke, NY, according to an updated news release issued by New Hampshire Fish & Game on Tuesday.
Papa had been descending from Mount Cabot when she started experiencing a serious medical condition.
Her fiancé called 911 requesting assistance.
Members of the Berlin Fire Department and Berlin EMS responded directly to the trailhead and started hiking in, but the woman’s condition deteriorated and a National Guard helicopter rescue team was called.
Papa was hoisted into the helicopter just after 6 p.m., but she did not survive.
Her cause of death has not been released by the Medical Examiner’s Office as of this time, the updated release said.