BP, rangers rescue injured hiker

Posted Feb 26, 2014

Paul Ingram
TucsonSentinel.com

CBPA Department of Public Safety helicopter air lifts an injured hiker out of Arch Canyon, in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, 30 miles south of Ajo.
CBPNational Park Service Rangers, U.S. Border Patrol agents and members of Arizona Department of Public Safety treated and evacuated a woman after she was injured while hiking in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on Saturday.

An hour after National Park Service rangers received a call about a lost and possibly injured hiker in Arch Canyon, part of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument around 30 miles south of Ajo, federal agents discovered the woman and airlifted her to a hospital in Tucson.

Around 7 p.m. on Saturday, rangers from the Park Service received the call and asked Border Patrol agents to help locate the missing woman, according to a Tuesday news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

In addition to agents on the ground, aircraft from Homeland Security's Office of Air and Marine based out of Tucson helped in the search.

By 8 p.m., rangers and Border Patrol discovered the woman, who had sustained multiple injuries including a broken clavicle, broken ribs, and damage to both ankles, and began treating her, said the unsigned CBP release.

A paramedic with the park rangers evaluated the woman, and requested a helicopter from the Arizona Department of Public Safety, which evacuated the woman to Tucson for treatment.

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