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Contact: Edie Smith, Spokesperson
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
284 State Street
41 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333


Telephone: cell (207) 592-4348

October 23, 2011

Maine Warden Service Leads Carry-out and Rescue of Injured Hiker    

Augusta, Maine - The Maine Warden Service responded to a call concerning an injured hiker on the Brook Trail on Tumbledown Mountain (Township 6, north of Weld) at approximately 4 PM on Saturday, Oct. 22.

Wardens at Tumbledown rescue

Photo, courtesy of the Maine Warden Service:  Wardens left to right, Kris MacCabe, Sgt. Tim Place, Jonathan Parker (partially shown) and Kris Barboza consult on the final portion of a rescue at Tumbledown Mountain at dusk of an injured hiker.

The hiker, Karen Chase, age 48 of Marblehead, Massachusetts, had slipped on rocks and fallen.  First reports were of a broken ankle, but later reports confirmed a bad sprain and the hiker did not require transportation to a medical facility.

The Maine Warden Service did use a litter to get Ms. Chase off the mountain (she was approximately three-quarters of the way from the summit), then utilized an ATV to get her to a Northstar Ambulance where she was examined by medical personnel.

Warden Sgt. Tim Place and Wardens Kris MacCabe, Jonathan Parker, Patrick Egan and Kris Barboza were assisted in the carry-out and rescue by Wilton Fire & Rescue; Phillips Fire & Rescue, Franklin County Search & Rescue; Department of Conservation and Maine Forest Service, as well as Northstar Ambulance.