DEAD RIVER TOWNSHIP, MAINE
Officials said it took rescuers nine hours to bring an injured hiker to safety after he fell and possibly broke his shoulder on a western Maine mountain. The Maine Warden Service said rescuers responded to a call shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday from Douglas Doane, 52, of Atlantic Beach, Fla., who was hurt on the Appalachian Trail in the Bigelow Range in Dead River Township. Doane was taken by ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington. (AP)
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