Camelback Mountain closed after hiker pinned underneath boulder
Mar 14, 2020, 1:47 PM
PHOENIX — Camelback Mountain has been closed until further notice after a hiker was rescued from under an approximate 300-pound boulder.
According to the Phoenix Fire Department, the hiker was on the Cholla Trail on Saturday morning when he stopped to let other hikers pass by.
He was leaning into a boulder to stabilize himself and physically pulled it on top of him.
The hiker was rescued with tools commonly used for somebody trapped in a collapsed building or pinned under a car.
Technical Rescue Teams have removed the boulder off the hiker. He’s. He’s now going to be transported to a local trauma center with extensive lower leg injuries. pic.twitter.com/Ub9dbFIfUE
— Phoenix Fire Dept. (@PHXFire) March 14, 2020
He was flown via helicopter to the Echo Canyon landing area where he was transported to the hospital with extensive lower body injuries.
No other details were immediately available.