A soon-to-be mom had a scary experience while hiking on Mount Finlayson in Langford Monday morning.
The pregnant woman, according to Langford Fire Assistant Chief Lance Caven, was hiking alone when she fell near the top of the mountain. She was able to use her cell phone to call for help.
Langford Fire Rescue was called to the mountain at 10:18 a.m. According to Caven, a four-person team was able to assess the woman and determined, due to the steep terrain, she would need to be transported down the Finlayson Arm Road side.
The Metchosin Fire Department was called to aid in the rescue.
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Three teams of emergency responders from both departments scaled the mountain, eventually carrying the woman down until they were able to load her onto a stretcher attached to MetchosinB次元官网网址檚 ATV. She was transported to an ambulance waiting on Finlayson Arm Road and was taken to hospital with what was believed to be a broken ankle.
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The entire rescue took nearly four hours.
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Conditions are icy at the Finlayson Arm trail head leading to Mt Finlayson. Emergency crews are in the midst of a tactical rescue
B次元官网网址� Katherine Engqvist (@kengqvist)
Hikers coming off Mt.Finlayson have reported the injured person is a pregnant woman. Three different teams of emergency responders are working to get her down.
B次元官网网址� Katherine Engqvist (@kengqvist)
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