Watch: Md. State Police Helicopter Hoists Injured Person After Tree Stand Fall in Remote Area
What to Know
- Maryland State Police aviation crews rescued an injured person who fell from a tree stand in a remote, mountainous area of Allegany County.
- A state police helicopter crew lowered a rescue technician into a clearing to prepare the patient for aerial extraction.
- The patient was hoisted into the helicopter and flown to a local hospital.
Trooper 5, the state police helicopter based in Cumberland, responded to the area.
Local rescue personnel and emergency medical crews treated the injured person and prepared them for evacuation.
A state police trooper/rescue technician was lowered from the helicopter into a clearing among the trees and helped place the person on a platform used for aerial extraction.
The helicopter crew then hovered over the wooded area and hoisted the person aboard. The crew transitioned directly to a medical evacuation and transported the patient to a local hospital for treatment.
The person’s condition was not released.
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