Hiker Dies of Apparent Heart Attack at Sleeping Giant: DEEP

State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection environmental conservation police are investigating the untimely death of a 62-year-old hiker at Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden on Sunday afternoon.

The preliminary investigation indicates that the man likely died of a heart attack, collapsing during a hike.

Hamden firefighters and EMS personnel and state police responded just before 3:30 p.m.

Environmental conservation police are investigating the death.

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