By Rockland Daily Staff

On Wednesday afternoon, Matzil Search and Rescue responded to a report of an injured hiker in medical distress on the trails of the Ramapo Valley County Reservation.

Matzil responders located the patient deep in the reservation, where an on-scene assessment was performed by a Matzil member who also serves with Rockland Hatzoloh. Working alongside the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office and Rockland Hatzoloh, the team carried the hiker out by stretcher over rough wooded terrain before linking up with sheriff’s deputies, who used a utility task vehicle to complete the extraction to the trailhead.

The hiker was transferred to a Rockland Hatzoloh ambulance and transported to a local hospital in stable condition.

The Ramapo Valley County Reservation spans roughly 4,200 acres and is one of the busier hiking destinations in northern New Jersey, with multiple search and rescue calls logged there in recent years.