French hikers die in US desert, son survives

French hikers die in US desert, son survives

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 11:30 PM IST
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Washington : A French couple died while hiking in the New Mexico desert but authorities rescued their nine-year-old son before he too succumbed to the heat.

 David Steiner, 42, and Ornella Steiner, 51, had been hiking in the White Sands National Monument when they apparently died from heat exhaustion, Otero County Sheriff’s Detective David Hunter said.

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