Crews rescue injured hiker on Signal Mountain

Injured Hiker Rescued on Signal Mountain

Crews rescue injured hiker on Signal Mountain

Emergency response crews successfully rescued a hiker with an ankle injury on the Cumberland Trail at Signal Point, coordinating a complex rescue effort that involved multiple agencies and took approximately three hours.

Injured hiker rescued on Signal Mountain

SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tenn. (WDEF) – At 10:51am this morning, the Signal Mountain Fire Department was dispatched to an injured hiker on the Cumberland Trail at Signal Point. According to the office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security, responders responded and coordinated a rescue effort that took a little less than three hours and included the use of 3 low-angle rope rescue systems spanning over 1,000 feet of difficult terrain nearly a mile i…