Hiker Dies Of Injuries Incurred In Fall

On the afternoon of Saturday, November 8th, Jeremy Frye, 25, fell about 25 to 30 feet from the top of Grotto Falls, a popular hiking destination along Trillium Gap trail a few miles south of Gatlinburg. Frye suffered apparent leg, back and head injuries in the fall. Rangers transported him a mile-and-a-half by litter to the Trillium Gap trailhead, where he was transferred to an ambulance, then flown by helicopter to the University of Tennessee Hospital in Knoxville. Frye succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.