I wrote a nice article on this story I read on the Morning Report about this 60 year old thru hiker who had a heart attack and diabetic emergency at Tricorner Knob shelter in the Smokies. The odd thing though was that it happened a month ago and it was just being posted on NPS' site...
I went to preview this article and somehow lost everything I wrote disappeared and I couldn't find it in my history. It was the best article I ever wrote and now its lost.
P.T. Anderson on the Trail?
0 Comments Published by Jerry Span on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 at 8:55 AM.
While thru hiking the AT many memories are made on this great adventure. A New York thru hiker now has a memory he may wish he could forget. While hiking Blue Mountain in Pennsylvania the nameless hiker came across a body. This body was the deceased Warren Allen, 64, of North Whitehall Township. The hiker ran to the nearest road where he waved a passing motorist to call 911.
Now here is where the story gets PT Andersonish. While the EMS was pulling into the AT parking area a truck, driven by 52 year old Grant Kuntz, tried passing the ambulance and ran into it causing the vehicle to roll over. The driver of the pick up was airlifted to St. Luke's Hospital and was in fair condition Tuesday night.
The death of the hiker seems to be from natural causes but there is no official word on this.
Now here is where the story gets PT Andersonish. While the EMS was pulling into the AT parking area a truck, driven by 52 year old Grant Kuntz, tried passing the ambulance and ran into it causing the vehicle to roll over. The driver of the pick up was airlifted to St. Luke's Hospital and was in fair condition Tuesday night.
The death of the hiker seems to be from natural causes but there is no official word on this.
