POWELL COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) — Rescue and medical crews out of Powell County helped get an injured man deep in Gray’s Arch Trail back out to safety on Sunday morning.
Just before 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 10, crews with Powell County Search and Rescue had been told a man had fallen and possibly fractured his ankle on the trail. At the bottom of the arch, officials said he couldn’t walk.
Immediately realizing the rescue would require him to be carried out, Powell County rescue crews reached out to the Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department and the Estill County Rescue Squad to help.
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Just after 10:30 a.m., emergency personnel reportedly found the injured hiker and started treating him while search and rescue team members set up multiple rope systems, preparing to get him to safety.
Satellite imagery shows how far into Gray’s Arch Trail the hiker had fallen, and how far he had to be carried back, with the awaiting ambulance at the trailhead marked in green. (Powell County Search and Rescue)
Crew members said the hiker was successfully carried out around 12:20 p.m. on Sunday and taken to a hospital for further treatment.
Powell County officials thanked the mutual aid partners who helped rescue the hiker on social media.
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