A teenager has died at a hospital four days after suffering head injuries in a fall at Yosemite National Park, in a deadly year for visitors to the California nature reserve, authorities said Thursday.
Kao Kue, 17, died at Doctor's Medical Center in Modesto, in central California, on Wednesday, a Stanislaus County coroner's clerk said.
An air ambulance flew Kue to the hospital after he suffered head injuries at Yosemite on Saturday when he fell on the steep and rocky Mist Trail, a popular feature at the park, officials said.
Bob McCarthy, Kue's volleyball coach Clovis West High School in Fresno, Calif., paid tribute to the teen.
"Besides volleyball, Kao was just a wonderful young man. Always had a smile on his face, always worked hard, and represented our program, his school and his family in a class manner," he told KSEE24 News.
Kue would have been a senior this year, according to KSEE24
Kao Kue, 17, died at Doctor's Medical Center in Modesto, in central California, on Wednesday, a Stanislaus County coroner's clerk said.
An air ambulance flew Kue to the hospital after he suffered head injuries at Yosemite on Saturday when he fell on the steep and rocky Mist Trail, a popular feature at the park, officials said.
Bob McCarthy, Kue's volleyball coach Clovis West High School in Fresno, Calif., paid tribute to the teen.
"Besides volleyball, Kao was just a wonderful young man. Always had a smile on his face, always worked hard, and represented our program, his school and his family in a class manner," he told KSEE24 News.
Kue would have been a senior this year, according to KSEE24