A team of rescuers helped get an injured hiker to safety on Sunday after a fall along the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail.
The hiker fell into the ocean and suffered a leg injury, and had to swim to some rocks and wait for help.
The Alberni Valley Rescue Squad responded to assist Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue and the Port Renfrew Fire Department.
Members of the Alberni Valley group’s hoist team were deployed on an Airspan helicopter, while a fire department member was able to reach the hiker and provide initial first aid.
Two people were then lowered from the helicopter, splinted the injured leg and put the hiker in an evacuation harness for transport to a nearby beach area.
From there, the hiker was flown to Port Renfrew and met by a waiting ambulance crew from B.C. Emergency Health Services.
