ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – UPDATE: A woman suffered an orthopedic injury and was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to Deputy Chief Jeff Powell with Botetourt County Fire & EMS.
She was helped down the mountain in a stokes basket.
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“Thankfully nothing more serious,” said Powell in an email to 10 News.
Botetourt County first responders assisted Roanoke County in rescuing an injured hiker at the Read Mountain Preserve.
Botetourt County Fire-EMS posted on Facebook just before 5 p.m. Saturday about the rescue.
“Botetourt County Career Staff and Volunteers from Station 7 were called to assist Roanoke County with a hiker that sustained a traumatic injury at the Read Mountain Preserve.”
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