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Fatality — Mount Madison, Jun 16, 2025

·Mount Madison·Valley Way Trail

Richard Perrault, 70, of Clinton, Connecticut

Perrault collapsed while hiking alone on the Valley Way Trail in Low and Burbanks Grant; bystanders found him unresponsive, called 911, and began CPR. An Army National Guard Black Hawk picked him up around 3:15 p.m. and flew him to a waiting ambulance, but he died.

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Solo
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