Around 5:00pm Saturday, emergency personnel responded to the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary for a search and rescue.
The Orwigsburg, Deer Lake, and New Ringgold Fire Departments responded for a hiker that was injured approximately 1 mile from the roadway.
Crews navigated the extremely rocky terrain with medical supplies in hand to reach the hiker where he was found to have fallen and suffered a head injury.
Fire Crews from Schuylkill and Berks counties carried the patient 2 miles along a path to an ATV which then transported the patient to an ambulance and then to a medical helicopter.
Crews navigated the extremely rocky terrain with medical supplies in hand to reach the hiker where he was found to have fallen and suffered a head injury.
Fire Crews from Schuylkill and Berks counties carried the patient 2 miles along a path to an ATV which then transported the patient to an ambulance and then to a medical helicopter.