The body of a hiker was found over the weekend on a North Carolina trail on the Blue Ridge Parkway, according to the National Park Service.
Officials said the Blue Ridge Parkway Communications Center received a report at 5:35 p.m. on Sunday about a lost hiker at Price Lake Trail, near milepost 296. Parkway rangers and crews from the Blowing Rock Fire Department responded to the scene and met the hiker’s companion, according to officials. They said the companion left Freddie Morgan Jr., 70, of Concord, North Carolina, on the trail concerned for his welfare and tried to get help.
Morgan was found dead off the trail just after 6 p.m., officials said. They classified the cause of death as a medical emergency.