Injured Teen Hiker in Rockbridge County’s Devil’s Marble Yard 2nd VSP Med Flight Rescue in 24 Hours - Cville Right Now

GLASGOW (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Virginia State Police’s suburban Richmond-based Med Flight 1 helicopter has rescued a second injured hiker in Blue Ridge Mountain backcountry for the second straight day. Around 2:45 Tuesday afternoon, the chopper flew 93 nautical miles from Chesterfield County to the Devil’s Marble Yard in Rockbridge County to rescue a female hiker. That’s less than 24 hours after rescuing a 67-year old female hiker off Old Rag Mountain in Madison County. This patient was flown to a command post for evaluation, and she was flown was determined to be stable to the Richmond area where she lives for hospital treatment there.

Not only was it the 2nd rescue within 24 hours but happened on the day of the 41st anniversary of Med Flight’s creation.

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