Members of the State Patrol Aviation in Newburgh and Troop K State troopers helped rescue the individual, who was injured on Break Neck Ridge Trail in Putnam County, according to a report from New York State Police on Thursday, Feb. 24.
The hiker was flown to a safe location and taken by EMS to a hospital in the area for treatment, police said.
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