ASSOCIATED PRESS: Douglas Tompkins killed by hypothermia in Chile.
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Douglas Tompkins killed by hypothermia in Chile.
The Aysen health service said the wealthy businessman was boating with five other foreigners on Tuesday when their kayaks capsized in a lake in the Patagonia region of southern Chile. Tompkins died later in the intensive care unit of the hospital in Coyhaique, a town 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles) south of Santiago.
“He had lost consciousness and wasn’t breathing” when brought to the hospital by helicopter, Dr. Carlos Salazar told local television stations.
