Acute pulmonary edema identified as hiker’s cause of death

GEORGE TOWN: The cause of death of a 58-year-old woman who collapsed along a hiking trail here has been attributed to too much fluid accumulating in the lungs.

George Town acting OCPD Supt V. Saravanan said that based on the postmortem examination carried out by the Penang Hospital forensics department, the cause of death has been determined to be acute pulmonary edema.