MAN FOUND DEAD IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, SECOND DEATH IN THE PARK IN A WEEK
A man was found dead along Abrams Creek Saturday (June 3, 2017) in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Park rangers say they found the adult male in the river from a suspected drowning about a mile and a half from the Abrams Falls Trailhead. The body has not been identified at this time and more information is expected to be released tomorrow (Monday, June 5, 2017). This is the second death at the national park in the past week.