BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — A hiker is dead after falling in the Linville Gorge over the weekend.
Channel 9 learned the hiker fell along the Babel Tower Trail on the west side of the gorge, off of Old N.C. 105. The hiker’s name has not yet been released.
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The U.S. Forest Service is overseeing the investigation.
No additional details have been released.
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