The Lion’s Bay Search and Rescue (SAR) has rescued a 17-year-old hiker from the West Lion viewpoint in North Vancouver after he sustained a serious leg injury.
According to rescuers, the teenager was descending from the lookout, just past Harvey Creek, when he wounded his leg by jumping from a five-foot rock.
He landed “awkwardly” and suffered a “non-weight-bearing lower leg injury.”
Since Lions Bay SAR volunteers weren’t able to carry the person down due to his injury, the North Shore Rescue team assisted with a helicopter, performing a hoist extraction.
“Lions Bay SAR packaged the subject and stretchered him down trail to a more favourable area,” the volunteers said.
After the 17-year-old was successfully hoisted, he was transported to the hospital by the BC Ambulance Services (BCEHS).
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“One ambulance with primary care paramedics attended the scene, meeting Lions Bay and North Shore Rescue crews, BCEHS paramedic public information officer Brian Twaites told 1130 NewsRadio.
“Paramedics provided emergency medical care and transported one patient to the hospital in stable condition.”