Virginia State Police use helicopter to help rescue injured hiker

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — A woman was successfully rescued via helicopter after a hiking incident Monday.
Around 3:40 p.m., Med-Flight 1 received notice of the need for service from the National Park Service and then flew around 80 nautical miles to the rescue site.
Virginia State Police Aircraft Pilot Curt Conlin and Chesterfield County Fire and EMS crew members Anja Hamilton and Lt. Greg Jones responded.
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Officials say the rescue was time sensitive due to thunderstorms that were expected in the area after 5:00 p.m.
Around 4:15 p.m., the crew executed a successful hoist rescue of a hiker who became injured while on Old Rag Mountain in Shenandoah National Park in Madison County.

Once the injured hiker was lifted off the mountain, she was flown to a nearby parking area below the rescue site, where she was transferred to an ambulance to be taken to an area hospital.