LAPEER, NY (607NewsNow) – One person is recovering after a wilderness rescue in Cortland County.
On August 19, multiple agencies responded to a report of a man who fell while hiking with his wife around 11:30 a.m. in Lapeer. It happened in Kennedy State Forest near Cook Hill Road, and authorities say the man fell as a result of a medical emergency.
Using GPS coordinates from the 911 call, dispatchers directed ATVs and a wildland rescue trailer to the man’s location. He was retrieved approximately one mile away from the nearest road and transported to a hospital in Syracuse.
The Marathon Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps (MAVAC), Marathon Fire Department, Virgil Fire Department, and State Police all assisted at the scene.
