Hiker dies after suffering medical emergency on Blue Ridge Parkway

BLOWING ROCK, N.C. — A man from Concord died after suffering a medical emergency along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Blowing Rock, officals say.

Freddie Morgan, Jr., 70, suffered a medical emergency while hiking the Price Lake Trail near milepost 296 on Sunday afternoon around 5:30 p.m. The Blue Ridge Parkway Communications Center received a report of a lost hiker and crews met with Morgan’s companion. Morgan was later found dead on the trail.

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