Female hiker rescued from South Mountain in Phoenix
Mar 3, 2018, 3:43 PM | Updated: Mar 4, 2018, 12:52 pm
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
PHOENIX – Rescue crews from Phoenix and Tempe fire department’s rescued an adult female hiker off of South Mountain Saturday morning.
According to a release, the 45-year-old hiker had sustained an ankle injury after falling on one of the trails.
Rescue crews used a big wheel operation in order to transport the hiker to an all-terrain vehicle located on a dirt road nearby. From there, crews transported her to a parking lot.
The hiker elected to not be transported by ambulance, instead telling crews that she would seek medical attention for her ankle injury on her own.
No firefighters were injured during the rescue.
