A hiker was hospitalized after falling at Mount Monadnock State Park in Jaffrey Sunday.
According to a release from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, Southwestern New Hampshire District Fire Mutual Aid Dispatch contacted conservation officers at approximately 12:10 p.m. about an injured hiker at Monadnock State Park.
While hiking the White Dot Trail just above the intersection with the White Cross Trail, Sharon Milinsky, 71, of Newton, Mass., fell approximately 20 feet and seriously injured one side of her body. Milinsky also lost consciousness, according to the release.
Mountain Patrol rangers with the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources reached Milinsky and began providing aid. Because of the nature of her injuries and proximity to the summit, rangers decided at 1:27 p.m. to request a medical helicopter transport.
According to the release, a conservation officer, Mountain Patrol rangers and other hikers carried Milinsky to a landing zone just below the summit. A Boston MedFlight helicopter arrived at 2:06 p.m. and transported Milinsky to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.