Hikers from Somerville, Bellingham rescued in separate incidents in New Hampshire’s White Mountains – The Boston Globe

A fall weekend in New Hampshire led to rescues of injured hikers and crashes involving ATV drivers from Massachusetts and Rhode Island, officials said.

Conservation officers responded Sunday to Edmands Path in the White Mountain National Forest for an injured hiker who was about two miles from the trailhead, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said.

Kyleigh Burns, 25, of Somerville, was heading up the trail when she slipped, fell, and injured her lower leg, officials said. Her fellow hikers tried to treat her leg but Burns couldn’t put any weight on it.

She called 911 around 12:15 p.m. and while waiting for rescuers to arrive, she was able “to descend by assistance from her hiking companions and by scooting herself down the trail approximately 1,000 feet,” officials said.

Burns was placed in a rescue litter and carried to the parking lot, arriving around 4:30 p.m. She declined an ambulance ride and was taken by her friends to an medical facility, officials said.

Conservation officers and 22 volunteers from Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue (AVSAR) and Pemigewassett Valley Search and Rescue took part in the rescue.

On Friday night, a Bellingham woman needed help while hiking Mount Chocorua, officials said. Calie Bridges, 25, injured her ankle but tried to continue her hike with her three companions, officials said.

“She did continue hiking with the injury but her progress was slowed. The group called for help when they realized that their phones were running low and that their lights were failing,” the agency said. “Calie was nearly 2.5 miles from the trailhead when darkness forced her to stop walking.”

Two conservation officers arrived to splint Bridges ankle and provid the hikers with lights.

“Calie was then able to hike slowly out to the trailhead,” officials said. “She arrived back at the trailhead shortly after 3:30 a.m. and was driven from the scene by her friends.”

Conservation officers also responded to ATV crashes over the weekend. On Sunday around 5 p.m., officers were alerted that Nicholas Arsenis of North Reading had crashed the ATV he was driving on private land in Raymond.

Arsenis “lost control of his ATV and rolled the machine” and was taken to Elliot Hospital in Manchester. His injuries were not life-threatening, officials said.

“Based on the preliminary investigation the primary causation of the crash was operator error,” officials said. Arsenis was not wearing a helmet and was cited for driving an off-road vehicle without written permission from the landowner.

On Saturday around 5:30 p.m., conservation officers responded to an ATV crash on the Presidential Rail Trail in Gorham where emergency personnel were providing first aid to John Allen, 39, of North Kingston, R.I.

“Allen was traveling first in a group of three machines on his way back to the parking lot in Gorham,” officials said. “While riding down the trail, he failed to see the reflective gate across the Presidential Rail Trail designed to keep motor vehicles off the trail.”

To avoid hitting the fence, “Allen locked up his brakes and steered his machine to the side just before running into the gate. His machine did not collide with the gate, however, Allen was thrown over the gate, striking his lower body against it.”

His companions made an emergency call. Allen was taken to the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin, the agency said.

“Investigators believe that inattention and speed for the combined conditions are the primary factors in this crash. Alcohol and drug intoxication are not considered factors,” officials said.

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