A central Oregon sheriff's officer says a 48-year-old woman hiker who fell and broke her leg has been rescued and airlifted to a hospital.
Crook County sheriff's Sgt. James Savage says deputies as well as county search and rescue teams responded Thursday to a report that a woman named Julie Packard was injured about 4 ½ miles from a trailhead in a remote area of central Oregon. They brought her out to the trail head and she was airlifted to Pioneer Memorial Hospital.
