ESSEX COUNTY – An injured Scotia hiker was helped from an Essex County mountain Sunday, state Department of Environmental Conservation officials said.
The rescue began Sunday morning at about 9:30 a.m. as forest rangers responded to a call for an injured hiker on Big Slide Mountain, officials said.
One of the ranger then located the woman almost two hours later, at about 11:25 a.m. They splinted the hiker’s injured shoulder and helped her to the trailhead, officials said.
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The rangers then helped her back to the trailhead by 1 p.m.
The DEC account of the incident did not provide further information on the status of the hiker or identify her.
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