Hiker Airlifted to Hospital After 30-Foot Fall in Fulton

FULTON – An injured hiker was rescued and airlifted to Albany Medical Center on Tuesday afternoon after falling approximately 30 feet down a steep hillside in the Town of Fulton.

According to a press release from the Middleburgh Fire Department, first responders were dispatched at approximately 2:09 p.m. on Aug. 5 for a search and rescue operation near old State Route 30, on the side of Max V. Shaul State Park.

The hiker, who had been on a long trail above the old state route, was located on the north side of a washout from a previous landslide, making the location inaccessible from the park side. Rescue crews moved to Beaver Lane off Tetterbak Lane to reach the individual.

The hiker was stabilized by EMS personnel and transported by a Middleburgh Fire Department UTV to a waiting Schoharie-Wright ambulance. The ambulance then took the patient to a landing zone at the Valley Soccer field, where a LifeNet helicopter was waiting to fly the hiker to Albany Medical Center for treatment.

Multiple agencies responded to the call for mutual aid, including the New York State Police, Schoharie Fire Department, Schoharie-Wright EMS, Schoharie County Search and Rescue, Schoharie County EMS & Medic, and the West Fulton Fire Department. The Middleburgh Fire Department responded with six members and four pieces of apparatus.