10/16/23

PRESCOTT FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO RETRIEVE AN INJURED CYCLIST FROM A TRAIL IN WILLIAMSON VALLEY. ACCORDING TO PRESCOTT FIRE OFFICIALS, THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WEDNESDAY MORNING JUST AFTER NINE O’CLOCK. A 68-YEAR-OLD CYCLIST FELL OFF HIS BIKE AND INJURED HIS HIP TWO MILES SOUTH OF THE WILLIAMSON VALLEY TRAILHEAD. FIRE CREWS AND THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BACK COUNTRY TEAM TRAVELED TO THE SCENE AND BROUGHT THE CYCLIST TO AN AREA WHERE HE COULD BE TRANSPORTED TO YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BY AMBULANCE. THE TRAIL RESCUE TOOK TWO-AND-A-HALF HOURS TO COMPLETE.