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A Boy Scout dies while hiking.

LAURELVILLE, Ohio — A Boy Scout has died while hiking in a state park with his troop.

Payden Sommers, 11, collapsed on a trail in Tar Hollow State Park on Saturday evening, 10TV’s Brittany Westbrook reported.

Sommers was with a group of scouts trying to earn a merit badge, but he became ill.

"During the hike he started making complaints that he was overheating," said Cpl. John Winfield of the Ross County Sheriff’s Office.

My condolences to his friends and family.

Update: Preliminary reports say heat exhaustion.