JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. – Teton County Search and Rescue pulled off two successful missions over the weekend as the lifting of winter closure restrictions on May 1 and a barrage of horn hunting activities made for a busy start to spring.
Just past noon on Saturday, TCSAR was alerted to a boy who’d been injured in a horse accident up the Gros Ventre Road. The reporting party was able to reach dispatch with an emergency locator device, which set the rescue in motion. TCSAR responded with ground and helicopter teams, with the ship reaching the patient first. The heli team assessed the boy’s injuries and packaged him inside the helicopter for transport to further medical treatment.
On Sunday, the team assisted Grand Teton National Park rangers after being notified that a woman had broken her leg at Phelps Lake. Park rangers short-hauled her to further medical treatment.
