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DEC Forest Rangers Week in Review of Statewide
Activity Includes Responses to Three Lewis County Incidents
Published: May 29, 2024 at
07:30 p.m.
By: Press Release from NYS DEC
The following is
Lewis County activity reported in this week’s DEC Forest
Rangers - Week in Review: Recent Statewide Forest Ranger Actions, which can be
viewed in full by clicking the link:
Village of
Lowville, Lewis County
Wilderness Recovery: On May 25 at 9:02 p.m., Forest Ranger
Evans assisted Lowville Police and Fire Department, Lewis County Sheriff’s
Office, and New York State Police (NYSP) with the recovery of a suicidal
subject, reported to be deceased. At 10:10 p.m., the subject was turned
over to the Lewis County Coroner. NYSP is leading the investigation.
Town of Watson, Lewis
County
Fall From Horse: On May 26 at 10:59
a.m., Forest Rangers responded to the Otter Creek Horse trails for a report
of a subject who had fallen from a horse and suffered head, neck, and back
injuries. The 67-year-old was taken by a Lewis County Search and Rescue
Ambulance to a landing zone at the 3G Fire Department for air transport by
Life Flight.
Town of Greig, Lewis
County
ATV Accident: On May 26 at 3 p.m., Forest Ranger Evans
responded to the scene of a subject injured in an ATV accident near the
intersection of VanArnum and Brantingham roads.
Ranger Evans applied a tourniquet to control the bleeding from the
subject’s lower leg. New York State Police (NYSP), the Lewis County
Sheriff’s Office, and the 3G and Brantingham Fire Departments also
responded. The patient was transported by Lewis County Search and Rescue
ambulance to a nearby landing zone for air transport by LifeNet.
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