Forest Ranger Assists in Rescue of Woman Thrown from Horse in Greig

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Forest Ranger Assists in Rescue of Woman Thrown from Horse in Greig

July 16, 2019 09:15 a.m.

From the NYS DEC:

Town of Greig,

Lewis County

Wilderness Rescue: On July 13 at 1:28 p.m., Forest Ranger Matthew Savarie

responded to a call of a 56-year-old female from Chestertown thrown from a

horse and complaining of substantial head and knee pain. The woman indicated

the pain was too bad to move. Forest Ranger Savarie administered basic first aid

and gave the ambulance a more detailed location of their whereabouts. Forest

Ranger Savarie helped Lewis County Search and Rescue load the woman into

the ambulance and then guided the group the several miles of horse trails back

to the main road. The incident concluded at 2:24 p.m.