AUGUSTA COUNTY — Virginia State Police reported Tuesday that a hiker in Augusta County was rescued over the weekend along the Saint Mary’s Falls Trail after suffering serious injuries.
At 5:23 p.m. on Saturday, members of the Virginia State Police Med-Flight 1 team responded to a call for a fallen 20-year old woman who sustained serious back injuries after jumping into the Saint Mary’s River from a cliff along the trail.
The Med-Flight 1 crew consisted of a Virginia State Police trooper-pilot and four Chesterfield County flight paramedics. A ground crew directed the helicopter into position over the scene, and Med-Flight lowered a rescuer from the aircraft to the ground, a press release said.
Augusta County Fire-Rescue personnel assisted in securing the injured hiker for a hoisting operation back to the aircraft, about 175 feet overhead.
The injured hiker was placed inside the helicopter, where the crew took her to UVA Health in Charlottesville.
Her medical condition was not listed in the press release.
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