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Fatality near Milepost 297 on the Blue Ridge Parkway
April 19, 2025 · Source: National Park Service
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.
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