MONTEBELLO, Va. (WFXR) – Blue Ridge Parkway dispatchers received a report of a park visitor in cardiac arrest on November 11 near milepost 6.
The report came in around 3:22 on Monday, regarding a visitor hiking on the Humpback Rocks Trail near milepost 6 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in cardiac arrest.
Rangers and local responders arrived on the scene finding 53-year-old Sharath Jois, of Mysore, India receiving CPR from other hikers. Mr. Jois died on the scene.
There is no further information at this time.
WFXR News will release an update when additional information is provided.