Hiker airlifted from Makamakaole Gulch
KAHULUI (HawaiiNewsNow) – Maui firefighters airlifted a hiker from the Makamakaole Gulch trail, also known as 13 crossings, Thursday morning.
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Shortly after 9:30 a.m., rescuers were called to help a 30-year-old man who fell and injured his ankle, leaving him unable to hike out.
Firefighters located the hiker in a riverbed about half of a mile mauka, or inland, of Kahekili Highway.
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Crews in the air and on the ground secured and lifted the hiker out of the gulch.
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He was taken to the Waihee ballfield, where EMS took over care.
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