Injured Colorado hiker missing for 2 nights rescued after train passenger spots her on riverbank
foxnews.comA Colorado hiker who broke her leg and spent two nights stranded in the wilderness was rescued last week after a passenger aboard a passing train spotted her lying on a riverbank, officials said.
The hiker, a female in her 20s from New Mexico, had gone on a day hike on the Colorado Trail in the Deer Park area when she left the trail, headed south along the bank of the Animas River, fell and broke her leg, said the Office of Emergency Management, San Juan County, Colorado.
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge (D&SNG) Superintendent Darren Whitten said the hiker was taking pictures when she fell from a cliff-face, the Durango Herald reported.
The woman, whose identity was not immediately released, spent two nights injured in the wilderness. Kylah Breeden crossed the Anima River to reach the injured hiker after a passenger aboard a train spotted the woman along the riverbank. (Office of Emergency Management, San Juan County Colorado) On the second night, she dragged herself to a spot along the Animas riverbank where she could be seen.The following morning, she flagged down the first train of the day headed to Silverton at 11:38 a.m., just south of the Colorado Trail intersection.
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