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Firefighters rescue injured hiker in Ottawa's west end

Ottawa firefighters helped an injured hiker out of the woods at the South March Highlands Conservation Forest on Friday. (Ottawa Fire Service/Twitter) Ottawa firefighters helped an injured hiker out of the woods at the South March Highlands Conservation Forest on Friday. (Ottawa Fire Service/Twitter)
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Firefighters trekked two kilometres into the woods to help an injured hiker in Ottawa's west end.

Emergency crews responded to a call for an injured hiker in the South March Highlands Conservation Forest just before 1 p.m. Friday. The 911 caller said their friend became injured while hiking and was unable to get out of the trail on their own.

"Firefighters made a 2 km trek into the forest with a stokes basket on a wheel and were able to load the individual and safely bring them out," Ottawa Fire said.

It took approximately two hours for rescue crews to rescue the individual and bring them out of the forest.

Paramedics transported the injured hiker to hospital with minor injuries.

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