News Release

Fatality near Milepost 297 on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Date: April 19, 2025

BLOWING ROCK, NC – On Friday, April 18, 2025, at approximately 2:57 p.m., the Blue Ridge Parkway Communications Center received a report of a hiker who had fallen into waters adjacent to the Boone Fork Trail, near milepost 297, on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
 
National Park Service Law Enforcement rangers, along with Watauga and Blowing Rock EMS, responded to the scene, recovered the hiker, and performed CPR on Jie Huang, 40 years old, from Plymouth, North Carolina. Mr. Huang was pronounced deceased at the scene. The preliminary investigation indicates Huang died as a result of injuries sustained from his fall.
No additional details are available at this time.   
 
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