Hoover Dam Tragedy: Man dies in Extreme Heat Near World Famous Structure, 5 Unidentified Others Rescued
A man died in extreme heat on Saturday, June 8 while he hiked a trail with four Boy Scouts at White Rock Canyon near the Hoover Dam, the National Park Service said Sunday.
Clawson Bowman Jr. was found about one mile from the Arizona Hot Springs trailhead near the Arizona-Nevada border.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area is under an excessive heat warning until 8 p.m. Sunday. Temperatures in the park have been at or above 110 degrees and hiking in the area is highly discouraged.
The Mohave County medical examiner will determine Bowman's cause of death.
The four Boys Scouts and one man who participated in the search-and-rescue efforts suffered heat-related illness, a spokeswoman for the park service said.
All six of the individuals involved are from the Las Vegas area.
The 69-year-old man was airlifted from the trail and hospitalized.
The scouts were rescued by helicopter and flown to the trailhead where they were treated by paramedics.
The Mohave County Sheriff's office in Arizona received a call about four Scouts being lost near Arizona Hot Springs about 3.5 miles south of the Hoover Dam Bypass.
Lake Mead Rangers were then dispatched to the area to search for the scouts.
At 2:21 p.m. the Lake Mead Intermountain Communications Center received another call reporting that two adult males were suffering from heat stroke in the same area.
The rescue operation that followed recovered Bowman's body at approxiamately 3:30 p.m. Saturday and he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The Boy Scouts maintained phone communication with the call center during the search and were located by a Metro helicopter at 5 p.m.
The four scouts were safely transported from the area by helicopter by 5:30 p.m. and were treated by paramedics at the trailhead.
The identities of the surviving five males have not been released.
