7-year-old girl dies in Great Smoky Mountains National Park after tree falls on her tent

A 7-year-old girl was killed after a tree fell on her tent in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, according to a news release from the National Park Service. 

Park rangers responded to an emergency in the Elkmont Campground at around 12:30 a.m. on July 27 after the tree fell on the girl, who is from Georgia. Other family members, including her father and two siblings, were not injured, the release said. 

The large tree — a red maple — was about two feet in diameter.