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Great Smokies sees 4th fatality this year after weekend multivehicle accident
Portrait of Karen ChávezKaren Chávez
The Citizen-Times
Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers perform a traffic stop in this file photo. A man died in a car accident July 14 on Newfound Gap Road in the park, the fourth fatality in the Smokies this year.
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK – In the fourth death this year in the national park on the North Carolina-Tennessee border, a man was killed and several were injured Saturday in a multivehicle collision on Newfound Gap Road, according to park rangers.
The collision occurred at about 3:30 p.m. Saturday near mile marker 25 on the North Carolina side of the park, 10 miles south of Newfound Gap. It involved four vehicles: a Honda Pilot, Kia Sorento, Chevy Trailblazer and a truck towing a gooseneck flatbed trailer transporting another pickup.
The driver of the Kia Sorento, David Crump, 65, of Talking Rock, Georgia, was found dead at the scene as a result of injuries sustained in the collision.
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The truck, driven by Carr’s Automotive Sales and Service, was traveling southbound on Newfound Gap Road when the driver lost control of the vehicle, according to a National Park Service news release. This caused the trailer to fishtail. The trailer then struck the Chevy Trailblazer, Honda Pilot and Kia Sorento, all traveling northbound, in the span of half a mile.
The female passenger of the Kia Sorento and the female driver of the Chevy Trailblazer were transported by Mountain Area Medical Airlift to Mission Hospital in Asheville. The female driver and two passengers of the Honda Pilot, as well as a female passenger of the pickup truck, were all transported by ambulance to Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva.
“The section of road on which the MVA occurred was on a grade and curvy, but not excessively so,” said Smokies spokeswoman Caitlin Worth. “The accident is still under investigation.
Great Smokies sees 4th fatality this year after weekend multivehicle accident
Portrait of Karen ChávezKaren Chávez
The Citizen-Times
Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers perform a traffic stop in this file photo. A man died in a car accident July 14 on Newfound Gap Road in the park, the fourth fatality in the Smokies this year.
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK – In the fourth death this year in the national park on the North Carolina-Tennessee border, a man was killed and several were injured Saturday in a multivehicle collision on Newfound Gap Road, according to park rangers.
The collision occurred at about 3:30 p.m. Saturday near mile marker 25 on the North Carolina side of the park, 10 miles south of Newfound Gap. It involved four vehicles: a Honda Pilot, Kia Sorento, Chevy Trailblazer and a truck towing a gooseneck flatbed trailer transporting another pickup.
The driver of the Kia Sorento, David Crump, 65, of Talking Rock, Georgia, was found dead at the scene as a result of injuries sustained in the collision.
RELATED: Woman survives fall from 40-foot waterfall
The truck, driven by Carr’s Automotive Sales and Service, was traveling southbound on Newfound Gap Road when the driver lost control of the vehicle, according to a National Park Service news release. This caused the trailer to fishtail. The trailer then struck the Chevy Trailblazer, Honda Pilot and Kia Sorento, all traveling northbound, in the span of half a mile.
The female passenger of the Kia Sorento and the female driver of the Chevy Trailblazer were transported by Mountain Area Medical Airlift to Mission Hospital in Asheville. The female driver and two passengers of the Honda Pilot, as well as a female passenger of the pickup truck, were all transported by ambulance to Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva.
LOCAL
Great Smokies sees 4th fatality this year after weekend multivehicle accident
Portrait of Karen ChávezKaren Chávez
The Citizen-Times
Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers perform a traffic stop in this file photo. A man died in a car accident July 14 on Newfound Gap Road in the park, the fourth fatality in the Smokies this year.
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK – In the fourth death this year in the national park on the North Carolina-Tennessee border, a man was killed and several were injured Saturday in a multivehicle collision on Newfound Gap Road, according to park rangers.
The collision occurred at about 3:30 p.m. Saturday near mile marker 25 on the North Carolina side of the park, 10 miles south of Newfound Gap. It involved four vehicles: a Honda Pilot, Kia Sorento, Chevy Trailblazer and a truck towing a gooseneck flatbed trailer transporting another pickup.
The driver of the Kia Sorento, David Crump, 65, of Talking Rock, Georgia, was found dead at the scene as a result of injuries sustained in the collision.
RELATED: Woman survives fall from 40-foot waterfall
The truck, driven by Carr’s Automotive Sales and Service, was traveling southbound on Newfound Gap Road when the driver lost control of the vehicle, according to a National Park Service news release. This caused the trailer to fishtail. The trailer then struck the Chevy Trailblazer, Honda Pilot and Kia Sorento, all traveling northbound, in the span of half a mile.
The female passenger of the Kia Sorento and the female driver of the Chevy Trailblazer were transported by Mountain Area Medical Airlift to Mission Hospital in Asheville. The female driver and two passengers of the Honda Pilot, as well as a female passenger of the pickup truck, were all transported by ambulance to Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva.
“The section of road on which the MVA occurred was on a grade and curvy, but not excessively so,” said Smokies spokeswoman Caitlin Worth. “The accident is still under investigation.
“The section of road on which the MVA occurred was on a grade and curvy, but not excessively so,” said Smokies spokeswoman Caitlin Worth. “The accident is still under investigation.