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Hiker Rescued By Maryland State Police Helicopter After Plummeting 40 Feet Off Cliff Hiker Rescued By Maryland State Police Helicopter After Plummeting 40 Feet Off Cliff
Hiker Rescued By Maryland State Police Helicopter After Plummeting 40 Feet Off Cliff A hiker who fell off a cliff in Frederick County suffered serious injuries before being rescued by a Maryland State Police helicopter and airlifted to the hospital. At around 10 p.m. on Thursday night, crews were called to assist with the extrication of a person who fell between 30 and 40 feet off a sheer cliff behind a home in Keymar.  While at the scene, deputies of the Frederick County Sheriff's Office first offered aid to the victim before crew members could navigate into a steep creekside area and onto a small landing on the base of the cliff.  Due to the circumstances of th…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Hiker Hoisted 80 Feet To Safety By Police Helicopter After Fall On Tricky Maryland Trail Hiker Hoisted 80 Feet To Safety By Police Helicopter After Fall On Tricky Maryland Trail
Hiker Hoisted 80 Feet To Safety By Police Helicopter After Fall On Tricky Maryland Trail Maryland State Police troopers made a bold rescue over the weekend after a hiker found herself in a perilous position when she injured herself along a tricky trail. On Sunday, June 4, state police officials say that a woman was hiking with her husband in a remote area near Beaverdam Creek in Salisbury when she took a tumble and suffered an injury in Wicomico County. First responders from the Salisbury Fire Department were able to locate the woman, but had to request the Maryland State Police helicopter for the rescue due to both the nature of her injury and the slippery slope she found hers…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Dog, Hiker Airlifted From Tricky Trail At Area State Park: Maryland State Police Dog, Hiker Airlifted From Tricky Trail At Area State Park: Maryland State Police
Dog, Hiker Airlifted From Tricky Trail At Area State Park: Maryland State Police There was an “Angel’ in the air in more ways than one over the weekend as a Maryland State Police helicopter was called in to make a tricky rescue of a hiker and his dog in a West Virginia state park on Sunday night. A 27-year-old hiker and his dog, Angel, were exploring at approximately 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 9 at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park when they unexpectedly found themselves in a perilous position after falling into a potentially problematic cavern along the way off the main trail. The incident was reported on a cliff above the Shenandoah River in the area along the Loud…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Hiker Falls Down Embankment Near Railroad Tracks In Montgomery County (VIDEO) Hiker Falls Down Embankment Near Railroad Tracks In Montgomery County (VIDEO)
Hiker Falls Down Embankment Near Railroad Tracks In Montgomery County (Video) A hiker had to be rescued in Maryland after falling down a slippery slope and injuring himself near a remote Maryland railroad bridge. First responders in Montgomery County were dispatched at approximately 3:20 p.m. on Sunday, June 19 to the CSX Railroad tracks between Waring Station and Great Seneca Street, where there was a report of a hiker who had fallen near Railroad Bridge in Germantown. A hiker had to be rescued after falling approximately 100 feet in Germantown.Twitter/@mcfrsPIO The hiker fell down a loose gravel embankment and fell approximately 100 feet, leaving him with serio…

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by Zak Failla