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By Miriam Raftery
Photo from Yasmen Vidales’ Facebook page
August 1, 2014 (Ramona) – An 18-year-old woman who died July 22 of heat exhaustion following a hike in the Three Sisters Falls area has been identified as Yasmen Vidales, the San Diego Medical Examiner’s office reports. A recent graduate of Chula Vista High School, she also played in the school’s orchestra.
The report indicates that she and a friend ran out of water. After they returned to the car at the trailhead on Boulder Creek Road near Ramona, Vidales became unresponsive. Her female friend called 911. Julian deputies arrived at 4:13 p.m. and paramedics from the fire department also arrived to render immediate first aid. The victim was airlifted to Grossmont Hospital, where despite aggressive resuscitation efforts, she was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m.
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