Hunter from Great Falls rescued SE of Lincoln after breaking his leg

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He fell and heard his right lower leg snap.
Posted: 8:22 PM, Sep 13, 2019
Updated: 7:30 PM, Sep 13, 2019

Lewis & Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton said in a Facebook post on Friday that an injured hiker was rescued southeast of Lincoln.

Sheriff Dutton said the Dispatch Center received a call at 1:40 pm from Daniel Barrett Cogbill, a 34-year old man from Great Falls.

Cogbill said he was on the side of a cliff bow hunting when he fell and heard his right lower leg snap.

Lewis & Clark County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue, Lincoln Ambulance, and Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the area of the Granite Butte Lookout.

Emergency crews found his vehicle just south of the lookout at 2:57 p.m., and after comparing the coordinates of the 911 call to where his vehicle was, they found him over an embankment about 50 yards…

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