NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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TOWNSHIP OF HUDSON - On July 14, 2021 shortly after 2 p.m., members from the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), the Hudson Fire Department and the Timiskaming District Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a call for a hiker in distress on Hooper's Rock in the Township of Hudson.
Further investigation revealed that rocks had fallen on the hiker's legs. The hiker was rescued from the cliff ledge.
The 32-year-old resident of Cambridge sustained serious, non-life threatening injuries and was airlifted to hospital by Ornge.
The highway was closed and re-opened a short time after.
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