Current:Home > FinanceA woman died after falling from a cliff at a Blue Ridge Parkway scenic overlook in North Carolina -FundPrime
A woman died after falling from a cliff at a Blue Ridge Parkway scenic overlook in North Carolina
View
Date:2025-04-19 06:10:25
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman died after falling from a scenic overlook along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina, according to the National Park Service.
Park service dispatchers received a report of a woman who fell down a steep cliff at Glassmine Falls Overlook on Saturday afternoon, officials said in a news release.
Rescuers found 61-year-old Nancy Sampson of Greer, South Carolina, about 150 feet (46 meters) below the overlook and park service law enforcement rangers confirmed that the woman had succumbed to injuries from her fall, officials said. Sampson’s body was recovered by first responders from Reems Creek Fire Department, with assistance from Mt. Mitchell State Park Rangers and a Trauma Intervention Program of Western North Carolina volunteer.
The fire department said crews rappelled down to locate Sampson. The intervention program said a volunteer supported a distraught family member who was alone, helping him get back down the mountain and connect with friends.
The parkway known for its views of the Appalachian Highlands stretches 469 miles (755 kilometers) through Virginia and North Carolina.
veryGood! (82)
Related
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- Woman with history of DUIs sentenced to 15 years to life for California crash that killed mom-to-be
- The Daily Money: 'Can you hear me?' Hang up.
- Suki Waterhouse Reveals Sex of Her and Robert Pattinson's Baby During Coachella Performance
- Elon Musk's skyrocketing net worth: He's the first person with over $400 billion
- Maine lawmakers reject bill for lawsuits against gunmakers and advance others after mass shooting
- Guilty plea by leader of polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border is at risk of being thrown out
- Caitlin Clark gets personalized AFC Richmond jersey from 'Ted Lasso' star Jason Sudeikis
- Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
- Leonard Leo won't comply with Senate Democrats' subpoena in Supreme Court ethics probe
Ranking
- Romantasy reigns on spicy BookTok: Recommendations from the internet’s favorite genre
- Greg Norman is haunting Augusta National. What patrons thought of him at the Masters
- Michael J. Fox says actors in the '80s were 'tougher': 'You had to be talented'
- How O.J. Simpson burned the Ford Bronco into America’s collective memory
- Intellectuals vs. The Internet
- Houston area teacher, son charged with recruiting teenage students for prostitution
- Nevada governor signs an order to address the shortage of health care workers in the state
- 'We'd like to get her back': Parents of missing California woman desperate for help
Recommendation
Rylee Arnold Shares a Long
How Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton Took Their Super-Public Love Off the Radar
Wildlife ecologist Rae Wynn-Grant talks breaking barriers and fostering diversity in new memoir
10 years after armed standoff with federal agents, Bundy cattle are still grazing disputed rangeland
IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
JoJo Siwa Addresses Claim She “Stole” Her New Song “Karma” From Miley Cyrus and Brit Smith
Colorado inmate overpowers deputy, escapes hospital; considered 'extremely dangerous'
Evacuation notice lifted in Utah town downstream from cracked dam