A “famed Indian yoga guru ” visiting the United States is believed to have died of cardiac arrest while hiking the Virginia section of the Blue Ridge Parkway, according to the National Park Service. It happened around 3:20 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, near mile post 6, and nearby hikers tried to help him, park officials said in a news release.

Blue Ridge Parkway dispatchers received a report of a park visitor in cardiac arrest while hiking on the Humpback Rocks trail.

A man visiting the Blue Ridge Parkway from India has died after going into cardiac arrest while hiking on the Humpback Rocks trail.

An 11-mile section of the road opened Wednesday near Asheville, between U.S. 70 and N.C. 191 near the N.C. Arboretum. That stretch includes the Blue Ridge Parkway visitors center and the Folk Art Center, which is scheduled to reopen Nov. 9.

Another stretch of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway is open to visitors after being damaged by Helene, the National Park Service announced Wednesday.

On November 1, the National Park Service restored access to another 16 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway that was previously closed due to Hurricane Helene.

Blue Ridge Parkway dispatchers received a report of a park visitor in cardiac arrest on November 11 near milepost 6. The report came in around 3:22 on Monday, regarding a visitor hiking on the Humpback Rocks Trail near milepost 6 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in cardiac arrest.

Blue Ridge Parkway dispatchers received a report of a park visitor in cardiac arrest while hiking on the Humpback Rocks trail.