Hiker dies along Blue Ridge Parkway after falling off trail into water, National Park Service says. Jie Huang, 40, was on the Boone Fork Trail and landed in water, rangers say.

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Around 2:57 p.m., the Blue Ridge Parkway Communications Center received a report of a hiker who had fallen into waters adjacent to the Boone Fork Trail, near milepost 297, on the Blue Ridge Parkway.