A visitor from Tulsa, Okla., was helped out of Rocky Mountain National Park yesterday after he had a medical issue and fell.
The 65-year-old man collapsed and fell on some rocks, then rolled into Lake Haiyaha, the park said in a news release. Lake Haiyaha is 2.1 miles from the Bear Lake Trailhead.
Family and others nearby got him out of the water, and one of them went to a spot with cell service to call for help at 11:36 a.m.
A crew working nearby got to the man at 11:52, and rangers to to the scene at 12:54 p.m., the release said.
Rescuers put the man on a litter and brought him down the trail to the Bear Lake parking area, getting there at 3:30. An ambulance took him to Glacier Basin Campground and a helicopter took him to Swedish Medical Center.
