Injured hiker rescued from Kauai’s Kalalau Trail
An injured hiker from California was rescued on Kauai’s Kalalau Trail on Friday.
First responders at around 3:45 p.m. received reports of a 56-year-old man who was injured while hiking on the trail, the Kauai Fire Department said in a release.
American Medical Response and personnel from KFD’s Hanalei fire station responded to the incident.
At around 5 p.m., rescue personnel aboard KFD’s Air 1 helicopter located the hiker on the trail in the vicinity of Hoolulu falls.
First responders extracted the hiker and flew him to a landing zone at Princeville Airport, where Hanalei firefighters and AMR personnel were waiting. The hiker was transported to a Wilcox Medical Center emergency room.
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