SANDWICH — On Saturday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m., the Sandwich, Moultonborough, Center Harbor, Tamworth, Tuftonboro, Meredith, Holderness, and Ashland Fire Departments, Stewart’s Ambulance, Lakes Region Search and Rescue Team, and New Hampshire Fish and Game conservation officers responded to a report of an injured hiker on the Wentworth Trail on Mount Israel in Sandwich.

Rescuers located Christine Mellnick, 42, of Nashua approximately 1.9 miles from the trailhead with an injured ankle. Mellnick was unable to walk and was subsequently carried in a litter to the trailhead, arriving just after 7 p.m. Mellnick was transported to the hospital by a friend.

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