SAD NEWS: 17-year-old drowns in river at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Bear killed after it’s found eating human remains in Great Smoky Mountains FILE PHOTO: A bear was killed after it was found eating human remains in the Great Smoky Mountains, wildlife officials said on Saturday. (Great Smoky Mountains National Park/Great Smoky Mountains National Park

CHEROKEE, NORTH CAROLINA — A 16-year-old boy drowned after losing his footing in a river at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina, WVLT-8 TV and WBIR-10 TV report.

At approximately 5 p.m. EDT on June 24, park rangers and Cherokee Search and Rescue responded to the Oconaluftee River, behind the Mountain Farm Museum, on reports that a teenager fell into the river and didn’t resurface.

Great Smoky Mountains FILE PHOTO: A bear was killed after it was found eating human remains in the Great Smoky Mountains, wildlife officials said on Saturday. (Great Smoky Mountains National Park/Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

At approximately 5 p.m. EDT on June 24, park rangers and Cherokee Search and Rescue responded to the Oconaluftee River, behind the Mountain Farm Museum, on reports that a teenager fell into the river and didn’t resurface.

 

Great Smoky Mountains FILE PHOTO: A bear was killed after it was found eating human remains in the Great Smoky Mountains, wildlife officials said on Saturday.