Crime & Safety
Nashville Hiker Dies On Popular Great Smoky Mountains Trail
A 47-year-old Nashville man died while hiking the Alum Cave Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials said.
GATLINBURG, TN — Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers confirmed a hiker from Nashville died on a popular trail Saturday.
Phillip Basset Davenport, 47, was hiking down Mt. LeConte via the Alum Cave Trail from the LeConte Lodge, where he'd stayed with a group of friends the night before. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)
Around 10 a.m., three miles from the trailhead, Davenport passed out, apparently in cardiac arrest.
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Bystanders began CPR until medics arrived on-scene, but were unsuccessful.
Davenport died around 11:15 a.m.
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