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Last updated on Tuesday, September 6, 2016
(PERU, Vt.) - A hiker from Indiana has died following an apparent medical emergency on a Vermont hiking trail.
Emergency responders were called to a shelter along the Long Trail on Sunday in the town of Peru.
State police say 57-year-old Michael Keethers of Indianapolis had taken ill and become unresponsive.
Authorities say resuscitation efforts failed, and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
State police continue to investigation.
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