Health & Fitness

20-Year-Old Hiker From Massachusetts Dead After 'Medical Incident' On New Hampshire's Mount Monadnock

Good Samaritans in the area came across Joshua Luth, called 911 and began CPR because his condition was deteriorating.

(CBS Boston)

June 16, 2026

A 20-year-old Lancaster, Massachusetts man, Joshua Luth, died over the weekend after suffering a "medical incident" while hiking on Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire.

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It happened around 4:15 p.m. on Saturday.

New Hampshire Fish and Game said Joshua Luth was on the Cascade Link Trail about three-quarters of a mile from Park Headquarters on Poole Road in Jaffrey.

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