Photo: Roanoke County Fire and Rescue/WSET
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — A hiker has life-threatening injuries after falling off a mountain in Roanoke County on Sunday morning, according to Roanoke County Fire and Rescue.
The man in his 20s fell about 50 feet from the McAfee Knob summit in the Masons Cove area of Roanoke County, officials said.
Rescue crews responded at about 6 a.m.
They got to the man about an hour after first responding, at about 6:54 a.m., and they rendered aid and began carrying him back up to the top of the summit to be airlifted by a helicopter and taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
More on this story from our media partner, ABC 13 - WSET.
Photo: Getty Images