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Kaua’i first responders again called to Kalalau Trail for injured hiker rescue

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The rescue of an injured 30-year-old visitor Sunday from the famous 11-mile Kalalau Trail along Nā Pali Coast became the seventh incident since March 23 in the area requiring Kaua‘i first responders to assist.

Personnel with Līhu‘e Fire Station aboard Air 1 responded after a report of a distressed hiker was received shortly before 11 a.m.

First responders arrived at the scene and discovered the injured hiker at the upper camp shelter of Hanakoa.

Because of trail conditions, the hiker was short hauled to the Hanakoa landing zone, where she was then loaded onboard. The woman was then loaded into the helicopter and taken to Princeville Airport.

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She was transferred to American Medical Response crew members awaiting at Princeville Airport for medical care.

It was less than a month before, April 18, when a distressed 67-year-old South Carolina visitor was rescued amid inclement weather, specifically flooding.

Prior to that, the other five incidents were:

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