Hiker dies after falling near Boone Fork Trail at Blue Ridge Parkway

Hiker dies in fall from popular trail on Blue Ridge Parkway, National Park Service says

The Easter weekend began with a death along the Blue Ridge Parkway, when a hiker tumbled off a trail, according to the National Park Service. Jie Huang, 40, died around 3 p.m. Friday, April, 18, after falling “into waters adjacent to the Boone Fork Trail,” the park reported. The trail is near Blowing Rock, about a 95-mile drive northwest from Charlotte. “Rangers, along with Watauga and Blowing Rock EMS, responded to the scene, recovered the hike…

Hiker dies after falling into the water along Boone Fork Trail

BLOWING ROCK – A hiker died after falling into the water next to the Boone Fork Trail on Friday.

Hiker dies after falling near Boone Fork Trail at Blue Ridge Parkway

BLOWING ROCK, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- A man has died after falling into the water near the Boone Fork Trail of the Blue Ridge Parkway, according to National Park Service officials. Around 3 p.m. on Friday, April 18, Blue Ridge Parkway communications got a report of a hiker who had fallen into the water near milepost 297. When park rangers and EMS arrived, they found the man, 40-year-old Jie Huang from Plymouth, N.C., and started performing CPR…

North Carolina Man Died While Hiking on the Blue Ridge Parkway, According to the National Park Service - Entertainment Unleashed Here

According to a National Park Service news release dated April 19, a man died on April 18 after slipping into water near the Blue Ridge Parkway. Jie Huang, 40, of Plymouth, North Carolina, was hiking on the Boone Fork Trail near Price Lake at Milepost 297. According to the news announcement, at 2:57 p.m. on ...