SavageLlama
06-28-2004, 09:22
This sucks..
1 dies, 3 alive after rock slide in Baxter State Park
June 27, 2004
Associated Press Newswires (http://javascript<b></b>:NewWindow(%20'FIISrcDetails','?from=article&ids=aprs');void(0);)
MILLINOCKET, Maine (AP) - One person died and another was seriously injured in a rock slide on a popular hiking trail in northern Maine's Baxter State Park, officials said Sunday.
Park Director Irvin "Buzz" Caverly Jr. said the injured hiker and two others who were caught in the slide were rescued, but a fourth was trapped under a large boulder on Cathedral Trail in the south basin of Mount Katahdin.
The slide was reported to Baxter officials early Saturday afternoon, Caverly said. About 60 people from the park staff and local volunteer search and rescue teams worked through the night and three the hikers were rescued.
A Maine Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter arrived at about 11 a.m. Sunday and removed the body of the hiker who had become trapped under the boulder, Caverly said.
No names were being immediately released Sunday because some relatives of the victim had not been notified. The body was being taken to Millinocket, a town near the wilderness park.
Caverly said Cathedral Trail will be closed until further notice and park officials have a chance to inspect the scene. Officials want to determine the extent of the rock slide, which Caverly said may have been triggered by natural conditions such as the winter's severe frost and heavy spring rain.
The park received notice of the accident by a 911 emergency call, Caverly said.
Baxter State Park, about 60 miles north of Bangor, is a popular attraction for hikers, mountain climbers and campers. It is the site of Maine's highest peak, the mile-high Mount Katahdin, which is also the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.
1 dies, 3 alive after rock slide in Baxter State Park
June 27, 2004
Associated Press Newswires (http://javascript<b></b>:NewWindow(%20'FIISrcDetails','?from=article&ids=aprs');void(0);)
MILLINOCKET, Maine (AP) - One person died and another was seriously injured in a rock slide on a popular hiking trail in northern Maine's Baxter State Park, officials said Sunday.
Park Director Irvin "Buzz" Caverly Jr. said the injured hiker and two others who were caught in the slide were rescued, but a fourth was trapped under a large boulder on Cathedral Trail in the south basin of Mount Katahdin.
The slide was reported to Baxter officials early Saturday afternoon, Caverly said. About 60 people from the park staff and local volunteer search and rescue teams worked through the night and three the hikers were rescued.
A Maine Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter arrived at about 11 a.m. Sunday and removed the body of the hiker who had become trapped under the boulder, Caverly said.
No names were being immediately released Sunday because some relatives of the victim had not been notified. The body was being taken to Millinocket, a town near the wilderness park.
Caverly said Cathedral Trail will be closed until further notice and park officials have a chance to inspect the scene. Officials want to determine the extent of the rock slide, which Caverly said may have been triggered by natural conditions such as the winter's severe frost and heavy spring rain.
The park received notice of the accident by a 911 emergency call, Caverly said.
Baxter State Park, about 60 miles north of Bangor, is a popular attraction for hikers, mountain climbers and campers. It is the site of Maine's highest peak, the mile-high Mount Katahdin, which is also the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.