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Hike injured on Escarpment Trail

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 9:56 pm
by dave
Town of Hunter in Greene County

Wilderness Rescue:
On July 24 at 5:15 p.m., DEC's Central Dispatch contacted Forest Ranger Fox regarding a 67-year-old hiker from Saugerties who had fallen on the Escarpment Trail near North Lake. Forest Ranger Fox and Assistant Forest Rangers France and Lasselle administered first aid to the hiker. With the help of Greene County Paramedics, Haines Falls Fire Department, Hunter Ambulance, Hunter Police Department, and Tannersville Rescue Squad, responders carried the subject out of the woods. At 6:30 p.m., she was transported to a local hospital by Hunter Ambulance.