Forest rangers evacuated a 27-year-old Nebraska hiker suffering from severe abdominal pain from Ampersand Mountain by ATV and transferred the patient to an ambulance Oct. 7.
Ray Brook Dispatch received a call at 11:32 a.m. from another hiker helping the person in Harrietstown, Franklin County, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation’s report, released Thursday.
A forest ranger and the Saranac Lake Rescue Squad reached the patient about a mile from the trailhead and provided treatment.
Three more rangers arrived with ATVs and transported the hiker to the trailhead, where an ambulance was waiting. The call was cleared at 1:48 p.m.
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