Young girl dies after tree falls on tent in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WLOS) — Officials are reporting tragic news out of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The Park Service says rangers responded to an emergency in Elkmont Campground around 12:30 a.m. on July 27 after a tree fell on a tent. Officials say a seven-year-old girl from Georgia died as a result.
The other family members in the tent, which included the father and two other siblings, were not injured.
