Woman rescued after being stranded in forest northeast of Florence while picking mushrooms
A woman who got separated from her boyfriend while picking mushrooms near Herman Peak Road northeast of Florence was rescued Tuesday by Lane County Search and Rescue Team members and taken to the hospital, according to the Lane County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office received a report Monday afternoon of a man who hiked out of the woods to a house in the Mercer Lake area. He said he had been separated from his girlfriend a few days prior and that she was "believed to still be lost somewhere in the woods."
A Lane County Search and Rescue Team responded to the area and located her late Monday evening.
The sheriff's office said she was hypothermic and disoriented and it was difficult to move her, so rescuers decided to stabilize her and remain with her until they could hike out of the area Tuesday morning.
At 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, rescuers were able to get the woman up to the nearest roadway and into an ambulance where she was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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This article originally appeared on Register-Guard: Woman picking mushrooms rescued northeast of Florence, Oregon
