LA county sheriff’s deputy dies after medical emergency during relay race | California

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Levi Vargas passed away following a medical emergency while participating in the annual relay race in the Mojave desert on Saturday. He was 30 years old.

Vargas was competing in the Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup relay race, which follows a 120-mile (193 km) course from Baker, California, across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas, Nevada. Various law enforcement agencies Send a team of 20 runners To compete in the race every year.

States in the southwestern United States, including California and Nevada, broke temperature records this March.

The sheriff’s department did not immediately release Vargas’ cause of death. He received emergency medical care before dying from his injuries, the department said.

Vargas joined the department in 2015 and most recently served the city of San Dimas.

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Record-breaking temperatures across the Southwest prompted the National Weather Service to issue health advisories in multiple cities.