Body of Hiker Recovered from Mount Sunapee
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June 5, 2006
CONCORD, N.H. - On Sunday, June 4, 2006, rescuers carried the body
of hiker Donald Leighton off the south side of Mount Sunapee in
Newbury, New Hampshire.
Leighton, age 56, of Concord, was hiking on the Monadnock-Sunapee
Greenway Trail with a friend when he collapsed just north of Lucia's
Lookout, approximately 4.5 miles south of the Newbury Trail
trailhead near Lake Sunapee. His hiking companion, Richard Martel of
Pembroke, hiked back to the trailhead to alert authorities.
Thirty rescuers from NH Fish and Game, the Newbury Fire Department,
and the Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team participated in the
recovery effort, which took more than 6 hours in extremely rough
conditions and ended around midnight. According to Sgt. Brian
Suttmeier of NH Fish and Game, rescuers carried Leighton's body
about three miles over rugged and rocky trails in rain, fog and
darkness.
The State Medical Examiner's office determined that Leighton died
suddenly of complications from heart disease.
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