Death on the Parkway

There was a death on the Parkway over the weekend.  Friday evening, the National Park Service received a report of a single vehicle accident near Milepost 306 at the Grandfather Mountain Overlook. Parkway Rangers, along with law enforcement and rescue personnel, responded to the scene. The driver of the vehicle, Kurt Klein, age 61, of Duluth, Georgia, was pronounced dead at the scene. Preliminary investigations indicate that Klein’s vehicle left the roadway and crossed over into the Grandfather Mountain Overlook parking area where it struck a tree. No additional details are available at this time.