GRANGEVILLE, ID – A 62-year-old Grangeville man was rescued after reportedly falling while hiking in Idaho County. According to a press release from the Idaho County Sheriff’s Office, dispatchers received a 911 call from a cell phone at 8:42 a.m. this morning.
“The connection was bad, but the dispatcher determined someone had fallen. Deputies were dispatched to the area where the call plotted from, which was at the end of Market Road at Canyon Road,” the sheriff’s office says. “Deputies searched the area, and met with the caller’s wife, who was able to show them to her husband’s last known location.”
The man had been hiking along the canyon looking for cows when he slipped and fell down the steep canyon. He crawled up to the point where he had minimal cell service and called for help.
From ICSO:
Syringa Ambulance, Grangeville Rural Fire Department, Grangeville Mountain Rescue, Life Flight and Two Bear Air all responded to assist in getting the man up the canyon and to medical attention.
Although we never wish anyone harm, we are extremely grateful we live in a community with such talented volunteers who are always willing to devote their time to helping their fellow man.
And we are truly thankful for our Idaho County Deputies, the Grangeville Rural Fire Department, Syringa Ambulance, Grangeville Mountain Rescue, Life Flight, and Two Bear Air for all their time and effort.
