An injured 44-year-old hiker was taken by wheeled litter from the Kaaterskill Falls trail to Laurel House Trailhead on Oct. 14.
Greene County 911 requested ranger assistance at 7:20 p.m. for the lower-leg injury in Hunter, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation’s report, released Thursday.
The response included forest rangers, Hunter Police, Tannersville Rescue, a Greene County medic, Haines Falls Fire Department, Greene County Twin Clove Technical Rescue, Greene County sheriff’s deputies and New York State Police.
Rescuers treated the injury and moved the hiker to the trailhead, where Hunter Ambulance evaluated the patient. The call was cleared at 9:45 p.m.
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