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UPDATE: Injured hiker rushed to hospital after helicopter rescue

Rescue crews were called in to airlift an injured hiker Aug. 25, after she fell while hiking at Crawford Falls.

Steve Wallick, a platoon captain with the Kelowna Fire Department, said his crews responded to a 911 call early in the afternoon that a 27-year-old woman had fallen near a hiking trail that leads from Canyon Falls Court, above Kelowna’s Mission district.

Wallick says when his crews arrived on the scene they “knew right away [the rescue] would be fairly complicated,” due to the rugged and narrow trail near where the woman fell.

<who> Photo credit: Penticton Search and Rescue </who>

Not wanting to attempt a high-angle extraction, they called in Pentiction Search and Rescue and its Human External Transport System.

According to Randy Brown, a representative of Penticton and District Search and Rescue, the call came in around 12:25 p.m., and a helicopter loaded with three technicians was on the scene by 1:15 p.m.

Rescue crews lowered themselves out of the helicopter and secured the woman, “then we just lift her up and take her to an ambulance, where she can get further care,” Brown said.

Brown said the woman was safely transported to the ambulance, and was conscious when she was rushed to hospital.



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