Crews Rescue Injured Man At Pocket Wilderness

  • Thursday, August 25, 2016

Crews rescued an injured man at the Pocket Wilderness Thursday afternoon.

The Mowbray Volunteer Fire Department responded at 11 a.m. to an emergency regarding a 36-year-old man who sustained an ankle injury from falling 10 feet off of a rock.  

Sequoyah Volunteer Fire Department and Dallas Bay Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene for additional manpower. Rescue personnel found the injured man about a 1/4 mile into the woods.

Hamilton County EMS walked in the woods with rescue personnel to assist his medical needs.

Rescue efforts lasted an hour.

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