{"id":4373,"date":"2026-08-24T06:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T06:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=4373"},"modified":"2026-08-24T06:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T06:06:26","slug":"french-tourist-dies-in-death-valley-heat-after-vehicle-gets-stuck-in-mud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=4373","title":{"rendered":"French tourist dies in Death Valley heat after vehicle gets stuck in mud"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A French tourist died last week in California\u2019s Death Valley after the vehicle he was in got stuck in mud and he ventured away for help in temperatures that reached 116 degrees, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=4371\">5 people and multiple animals killed on rural Oregon property, with suspect found dead<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pierre Michel Formosa, 68, was with a companion Monday when the vehicle they were using got stuck in mud, the National Park Service said Friday in a news release.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The two set out on foot along the desert salt flats toward the paved Badwater Road, one of the park\u2019s main roadways, to seek help, it said. Formosa said he couldn\u2019t keep going and stopped about 1.3 miles into the trek, according to the park service.<\/p>\n<p>The companion made it to the road and flagged down a driver at about 2 p.m., it said, triggering a search for Formosa that included park rangers and a California Highway Patrol helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>Searchers found Formosa\u2019s body that afternoon, about 1.5 miles from Badwater Road, the park service said.<\/p>\n<p>Death Valley National Park Superintendent Mike Reynolds offered condolences to Formosa\u2019s family. \u201cThis is a heartbreaking reminder of how quickly conditions here can turn dangerous,\u201d he said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=4369\">Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game after being confronted by Sky\u2019s Natasha Cloud<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The location of Formosa and his companion\u2019s vehicle is near a hiking trail in a historic mining area, according to the independent archive of the park service.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning for the area through Sunday night, warning of \u201cdangerously hot conditions.\u201d High temperatures in Death Valley were expected to remain in the 115- to 118-degree range Monday and Tuesday, with a high of 119 expected Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The park service urged visitors to stay on paved roads during times of extreme heat, carry satellite phones or beacons and have plenty of drinking water on hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeath Valley is an extraordinary place,\u201d Reynolds said, \u201cbut its heat, distances, and remoteness can be dangerous, regardless of experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=4367\">China abruptly postpones ambitious Chang\u2019e-7 lunar mission launch<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The temperature reached 116 degrees the day Pierre Michel Formosa, 68, died, the National Park Service said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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