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Boy Dies
From Fall
Big Devil's Stairs in Harris Hallow claimed a victim last weekend when a Maryland teenager sustained head injuries in a fall that resulted in his death.
According to John Ritenour, Shenandoah’s assistant chief park ranger, 17-year-old Christopher McCollough was hiking with family and friends on Saturday, May 24, along the trail that runs from the Bluff trail to the park’s boundary. Reaching the canyon at the head of the hollow, Ritenour said, the youth left the group and fell while “rock scrambling.”
Another youngster hiked out of the park to make the emergency call, Ritenour said, but was unable to give the exact location of the accident. Washington volunteer rescue squad personnel, starting from the bottom of the trail, reached the scene before park rangers arrived after leaving from the top.
The boy was taken to Fauquier Hospital where he died from head injuries, according to Ritenour.
Hiti Charged
With Murder
Glenn Hitt of Castleton has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a Fredericksburg man two weeks ago.
Jimmy Franklin Hitt, 40, died late Saturday night, May 17, at Culpeper Memorial Hospital of injuries resulting from a wound in the leg caused by a single shot from a 12-gauge shotgun.
Glen Hitt was arrested Tuesday night. May 20, and charged with murder. He was released on $5,000 bond the same evening, pending a hearir on June 10.
According to the Rappahannock sheriff’s department, the dead man was the adopted son of Glenn Hitt’s uncle. Reportedly, the two grew up together and Saturday’s tragedy was the result of an old feud that has simmered for more than 20 years.
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