Crime & Safety
Rangers Rescue Hiker With Machete Injury
The forest rangers said the man had lost a significant amount of blood.
PLEASANT VALLEY, NY — A Dutchess County man with a severe injury had to be rescued recently while hiking in the Taconic Hereford Multiple Use Area.
The Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers said, around 7:30 a.m. Nov. 10, a call was received from Dutchess County 911 regarding an injured hiker in his 50s in the state forest.
Rangers who responded determined the Hyde Park resident had stepped on a machete while getting out of his hammock the night before.
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As a result, the man lost a significant amount of blood.
Responders took the man out of the woods via a utility terrain vehicle to a Mobile Life Support ambulance within three hours.
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In addition to the DEC's forest rangers, responders included Pleasant Valley Fire and EMS, Union Vale Fire and EMS and the New York State Police.
The 917-acre Taconic Hereford Multiple Use Area is one of the largest state forests in Dutchess County. It is in the towns of Pleasant Valley and LaGrange.
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