SALISBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — Crews rescued an injured hiker on the Appalachian Trail in Salisbury just before severe storms rolled in on Saturday.

Members of the Northwest Regional Ropes Rescue Team responded to Salisbury around 11:45 a.m. to assist an injured hiker who was approximately three miles into the Appalachian Trail.

"Racing against the weather, the patient was safely assessed, packaged, and extricated from the woods using a Stokes basket, wheel and multiple rope systems," a post on the Litchfield Fire Department's Facebook page read. "The patient was transferred to the care of Salisbury Ambulance just as the storms started to blow in."

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