Lost hiker calls for help with dying phone battery as night falls, Hawaii rescuers say


Firefighters tracked the lost hiker through her phone’s geolocation before it died. — AP

A 30-year-old woman became lost on a Hawaii trail and called rescuers before her phone died, fire officials said.

The woman began hiking the Upper Waimano Trail in Pearl City on the island of Oahu around 1pm on Sunday, April 2, the Honolulu Fire Department said in a news release.

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