The Coast Guard airlifted a 17-year-old hiker from Olympic National Park shortly after 3:30 p.m. Monday after he fell and sustained knee and head injuries that required immediate medical attention. …
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The Coast Guard airlifted a 17-year-old hiker from Olympic National Park shortly after 3:30 p.m. Monday after he fell and sustained knee and head injuries that required immediate medical attention.
Responders at the 13th Coast Guard District in Seattle received a call from the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at 2:10 p.m. Aug. 3 relaying that two good Samaritan hikers had found a teenager alone and injured about 4 miles north of La Push in Olympic National Park.
It was reported one hiker stayed with the injured man while the other sought help, ultimately finding a third hiker who used a personal locator beacon to send out a distress signal.
Olympic National Park Service personnel then deployed a ground rescue team and Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound deployed an Air Station Port Angeles MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter.
The helicopter arrived, hoisted the hiker, and transported him to awaiting emergency medical services at Air Station Port Angeles.
