A 7-year-old woman was killed after a tree fell on her tent within the Nice Smoky Mountains Nationwide Park, in response to a information launch from the Nationwide Park Service.
Park rangers responded to an emergency within the Elkmont Campground at round 12:30 a.m. on July 27 after the tree fell on the woman, who's from Georgia. Different members of the family, together with her father and two siblings, weren't injured, the discharge mentioned.
The massive tree — a pink maple — was about two ft in diameter.
The Elkmont Campground is positioned between Gatlinburg and Townsend. Emergency responders from Gatlingburg Hearth Division, Gatlingburg Police Division and the Nationwide Park Service responded to the positioning, the discharge mentioned. The campsite affected and adjoining campsites had been closed, whereas Elkmont Campground stays open.
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