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Woman injures ankle, rescued off Camelback Mountain hiking trail

The Phoenix Fire Department rescued a woman off of a Camelback Mountain hiking trail on Saturday afternoon.

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An adult woman injured her ankle while hiking and was rescued off of Camelback Mountain on Saturday afternoon. (Photo courtesy of Phoenix Fire Department)

(Photo courtesy of Phoenix Fire Department)

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Fire Department rescued a woman off of a Camelback Mountain hiking trail on Saturday afternoon, according to authorities.

At about 12:15 p.m., Phoenix firefighters received a call from one of several friends hiking with the woman that she had sustained an ankle injury.

They then located the woman, and after accessing her physical state, a Firebird 10 helicopter flew in and safely picked her up from the trail.

The woman was taken to a nearby base landing zone in stable condition, authorities said.

Phoenix firefighters are continuing to evaluate her.

No other information was made available.

Payne Moses KTAR.com editor

Payne Moses is a web content editor for KTAR News and Arizona Sports at Bonneville Phoenix. A lifelong Arizonan, Payne briefly left the state to play collegiate golf but returned to pursue his passion for journalism. When he’s not managing digital… Read more

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Silenced Dogood
Silenced Dogood 1 year ago

Hopefully the hiker enjoyed the view.

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LYM 1 year ago

Who “foots” the bill for these situations? Are the hikers charged?