2 hikers drown after falling into creek on Tennessee trail
Time:2024-05-21 15:54:19 Source:sportViews(143)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Two family members drowned while hiking near a lake outside of Chattanooga, officials said.
The Signal Mountain fire and police departments were called to Rainbow Lake Trail on Sunday evening after two people were reported underwater, authorities said.
Rescue personnel hiked a mile (1.6 kilometers) down the trail and spoke to a female who said she was hiking with the others to a large creek on the trail when another woman trying to cross the creek fell in. She said a man jumped in and tried to rescue her, but he also disappeared.
Crews were able to pull the woman out and tried to revive her but were unsuccessful, police and fire officials said. They recovered the man’s body later.
Police identified the woman as 23-year-old Greffania Merilus, of Cohutta, Georgia, and the man as 20-year-old Gullson Elve, of Birchwood, Tennessee.
Their exact relation between the two wasn’t clear, but they were members of the same extended family, Holloway said.
Previous:Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry
Next:Tom Brady and Jay
You may also like
- A warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest was requested. But no decision was made about whether to issue it
- Who's really left
- Search for crew member overboard from fishing vessel in Hawke's Bay
- Uyghur activist receives Roosevelt freedom of worship award — Radio Free Asia
- Six killed in a 'foiled coup' in Congo, the army says
- Colon cancer blood test offers new screening option
- Cambodia's prime minister sounds a sour note on trucks' musical horns
- New apps test AI chatbots to help mental health crisis
- Strictly star Giovanni Pernice's former partner Rose Ayling