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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, May 1, 2012 INCIDENTS Delaware Water Gap NRA High Speed Crash Kills Driver On the evening of April 25th, park dispatch received a report from local police of a vehicle fire on Route 615 within the park's boundaries. Rangers, New Jersey State Police troopers and members of Sandyston Volunteer Fire Department responded. The vehicle had struck a large tree, apparently at a high rate of speed. Witnesses in the area heard the driver accelerate prior to striking the tree. The vehicle was fully engulfed in flames when units arrived on scene. Due to the fire and extensive damage to the vehicle, the body had not yet been identified at the time of the report. An autopsy has been conducted and dental records are being examined. The investigation as to the cause and nature of the accident is ongoing. [Eric Provencher, Deputy Chief Ranger] Prince William FP Suicide Victim Found In Vehicle Two maintenance employees working in the Telegraph Picnic area came upon a man who appeared to be sleeping in his car on the afternoon of April 24th. When they looked more closely, they saw that there was blood inside and immediately called a protection ranger by radio. The maintenance employees said that they saw the vehicle pull into the parking area around 10:30 a.m., that it was there when they went to lunch at 11:30 a.m., and that it was still there when they got back. Rangers secured the scene until county police arrived. It appears that the man committed suicide, as a weapon was found inside the vehicle. An investigation is underway. [Cynthia Sirk-Fear, Chief Ranger] Blue Ridge Parkway Hiker Discovers Body Of Suicide Victim On Saturday, April 28th, a hiker found the body of an 18-year-old Asheville man hanging from a tree while hiking in the Bull Mountain area of the park. The hiker immediately notified authorities. Rangers and Asheville PD officers responded, recovered the body, and conducted an investigation that revealed he'd been struggling with personal issues and had told his family earlier that day that they would be better off without him. [Tim Francis, Pisgah District Ranger] OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. To see the full text, including images, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the NPS Digest page ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/): Office of Communications - National parks from California to New Mexico will offer some of the best eclipse-viewing opportunities on May 20th when the first solar eclipse viewable in the U.S. in the last 18 years darkens the sky before sunset. Denver Service Center - Electronic documents in the DSC's Technical Information Center collection are now available to all NPS employees from any networked computer through the eTIC system. A link is provided. Southeast Region - Lieutenant Commander Jeremy Nickels was recently selected as the National Park Service federal engineer of the year by the National Society of Professional Engineers. He was also selected as the Public Health Service engineer of the year. * * * * The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced with the support of the Office of the Assistant Director for Information Resources and the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov). --- ### --- |