Crime & Safety
Attleboro Man Injured While Hiking in New Hampshire
Joseph Grady of Attleboro had to be rescued near the summit of Mt. Cardigan in Orange, N.H. Thursday, officials said.
An Attleboro man was injured Thursday while hiking through Mt. Cardigan in Orange, NH.
According to a statement released by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, Joseph Grady, 55, of Attleboro was ascending the West Ridge Trail on the mountain when he suffered an injury from slipping and falling near the mountain's summit at approximately 11:45 a.m.
"Rescue personnel from Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team (UVWRT), Canaan Fire Department, Canaan Ambulance, Grafton Fire Department and the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department hiked into Grady’s location to provide initial patient care," the statement read.
Grady was then placed in a litter and carried down the West Ridge Trail approximately 1.5 miles to the trailhead parking area in Orange. They arrived safely at the trailhead at approximately 3 p.m.
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