Crime & Safety
Snakebite Victim Airlifted From Harriman State Park
The NYPD sent a rescue helicopter and the victim was hoisted in a patient extrication platform bag. See video inside.
SLOATSBURG, NY — A hiker bitten by a rattlesnake Saturday was rescued by park police, emergency medical services, and members of the aviation unit of the New York Police Department.
From Reeves Meadow, the victim was hoisted in a patient extrication platform bag and was transported to Montefiore Nyack hospital. She is expected to recover, police said.
When every minutes counts... Yesterday, @NYPDSpecialops responded to Harriman State Park where a hiker had been bitten by a rattlesnake. They quickly hoisted the victim out & airlifted her to the hospital. Just another example of the lifesaving work done everyday. pic.twitter.com/RQt4AmGTtR
— Commissioner Shea (@NYPDShea) June 27, 2020
The timber rattlesnake is New York's largest venomous snake and only rattlesnake. In the state, they are found in isolated populations in southeastern New York, the Southern Tier and the peripheral eastern Adirondacks.Read the state's Timber Rattlesnake Fact Sheet here.
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Harriman State Park, located in Rockland and Orange counties, is the second-largest park in New York's parks system.
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