NY HUNTER TRAPPED UNDER BOULDER WITH BROKEN LEG: DEC FOREST RANGER RESCUES

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https://www.newyorkupstate.com/outdoors/2020/11/hunter-trapped-under-boulder-with-broken-leg-dec-forest-ranger-rescue.html?fbclid=IwAR0t4sJfFfm06S4kaLU3VYKNqx3c2F1haWuJhvcMxuARPB_B8Kn1w7Es-Hs

10/26/2020

Town of Johnsburg, Warren County Wilderness Rescue: “On Oct. 26 at 9:37 a.m., Warren County 911 transferred a call to DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch reporting an injured hunter on a ski trail near Gore Mountain in North Creek. Further information indicated the injury was a broken leg due to entrapment under a boulder. Three Forest Rangers responded to assist. At 11:06 a.m., two of the Rangers reached the injured man, removed him from the boulder entrapment, and performed advanced wilderness first aid to a badly damaged leg with severe lacerations and a compound fracture. Forest Rangers and members of the North River Fire Department carried the 31-year-old hunter from Hudson Falls off the ledge in a litter to a location with ATV access. The hunter was transported to a local hospital for further medical treatment.”

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