An Alabama man died after falling more than 50 feet down an embankment in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
According to park officials, rangers were called to a Chimney Tops overlook along Newfound Gap Road around 1:40 p.m. on Tuesday.
Officials said Wesley Brandon Stedham, 48, of Warrior, Alabama, fell after stepping down a steep slope below the overlook for a photograph.
Rangers and the park's technical search and rescue team used a rope and pulley system to reach Stedham and bring him back up to the overlook.
Stedham suffered severe head trauma and died as a result of these injuries.
