Brought down Mount Beacon by first responders
An 11-year-old student injured on Mount Beacon during a field trip on Oct. 3 was brought down the mountain by first responders and airlifted to a Westchester hospital as a precaution.
The sixth grader suffered a leg injury after falling while coming down the mountain and was unable to walk, according to the Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corps, which retrieved the student with a utility terrain vehicle. The child was taken by ambulance to a helicopter landing zone established at Memorial Park.
In an email to families, Brian Soltish, the principal of Rombout Middle School, wrote: “We are aware that some of the students may have seen the student on the trail or saw the helicopter in the park. I am sharing this information with the permission of the family as we want you to know that the injuries do not appear to be serious.”
