A hiker was transported to Monadnock Community Hospital with a leg injury after falling in the Wapack National Wildlife Refuge in Greenfield Sunday.

According to New Hampshire Fish and Game, at approximately 3 p.m., officers were notified by New Hampshire State Police dispatch about an injured hiker in the refuge. The 911 caller reported that the hiker, who was later identified as Crystal Brittsan, 37, of Merrimack, was hiking with her family when she fell while descending Carolyn’s Trail and sustained a lower leg injury.

Upon notification of the incident, personnel from the Greenfield Fire Department, Lyndeborough Fire Department, Peterborough Fire Department, Temple Fire Department, Wilton Ambulance and Greenfield Police Department, along with conservation officers from the Fish and Game Department responded to the trailhead on Mountain Road in Greenfield. Brittsan was approximately two miles from the trail head.

After an approximately 2 1/2-hour carry-out, rescue personnel arrived at Mountain Road. At approximately 6:30 p.m., Brittsan was evaluated by medical personnel from the Wilton Ambulance and was then transported to Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough for further evaluation and treatment of her lower leg injury.