jman
09-28-2016, 07:51 AM
From KUTV.com (http://kutv.com/news/local/man-in-wheelchair-takes-30-foot-fall-in-zion)
"A man in a wheelchair fell around 30 feet down an embankment Tuesday while coming down the Emerald Pools Trail in Zion National Park.Rangers from the part said around 1:30 p.m., a man from Washington in a motorized wheelchair hit some loose dirt and lost control of the chair. He then plummeted off the side of the trial and fell close to thirty feet down an embankment.
It's believed he possibly injured is neck, head or back and received some cuts.
He was carefully taken up the hill by search and rescue and then wheeled to an ambulance and flown to Dixie Regional Medical Center."
"A man in a wheelchair fell around 30 feet down an embankment Tuesday while coming down the Emerald Pools Trail in Zion National Park.Rangers from the part said around 1:30 p.m., a man from Washington in a motorized wheelchair hit some loose dirt and lost control of the chair. He then plummeted off the side of the trial and fell close to thirty feet down an embankment.
It's believed he possibly injured is neck, head or back and received some cuts.
He was carefully taken up the hill by search and rescue and then wheeled to an ambulance and flown to Dixie Regional Medical Center."