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Smokies cyclist dies following accident
A cyclist passed away in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last week following an accident on a downhill section of Cades Cove Loop Road Sunday, Aug. 16.
Harold D. Pardue, 60, suffered severe head trauma and was unconscious following the accident at 10:58 a.m. He died as a result of those injuries on Monday, Aug. 17. Pardue, of Elkin, was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
Park rangers provided critical care at the scene of the accident for approximately 30 minutes before American Medical Response emergency responders transported Pardue by ambulance to a landing zone, where he was flown to the University of Tennessee Medical Center by Mountain Area Medical Airlift.
