String of incidents lead to multiple deaths at national park ahead of busy holiday weekend

BAR HARBOR, Maine – Officials are informing visitors to instrumentality other precautions this Fourth of July vacation successful airy of caller accidents successful national parks. 

The Acadia National Park rangers person responded to a drawstring of incidents that person led to deaths successful conscionable implicit a week successful Maine.

"Any fatality successful the parkland is devastating, but having 3 large incidents successful the parkland this adjacent unneurotic is hard to fathom," said Superintendent Kevin Schneider. "I’m arrogant of our parkland rangers who responded to these unspeakable incidents and worked tirelessly to enactment the victims and their families arsenic the incidents unfolded."

The National Park Service has had its hands afloat successful assorted exigency incidents opening connected June 23, erstwhile rangers responded to reports of a 20-year-old antheral who fell 20 feet astatine the South Wall of Champlain Mountain climbing area.

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, MAINE, UNITED STATES - 2012/10/06: National Park Service motion astatine the enterence of Acadia National Park. 

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Officials said a radical of different climbers carried the injured hiker down to an awaiting ambulance.

The devastation continued arsenic parkland rangers were called to different incidental 2 days aboriginal for a antheral who collapsed and deed his caput adjacent the acme of Cedar Swamp Mountain, according to parkland officials.

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Upon arrival, the diligent was not breathing and had nary pulse, yet passing distant from injuries.

On Monday, the NPS stated that parkland rangers assisted Marine Patrol Officers successful a fatal mishap involving a sailboat.

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, MAINE, UNITED STATES - 2010/10/13: Echo Lake successful autumn color.

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According to the Department of Marine Resources, Maine Marine Patrol recovered the assemblage of a 72-year-old antheral who was sailing with 2 others erstwhile their sailboat ran aground aboriginal Monday morning.

The 2 survivors were taken to a section infirmary and were aboriginal released. 

"Accidents happen, but readying up for your sojourn to Acadia tin not lone assistance trim your hazard of wounded and assistance you maximize your clip successful the parkland during highest season," work a informing from the NPS.