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A small landslide seriously injured a hiker who was scrambling off-trail on Thanksgiving near Ainsworth State Park in the Columbia River Gorge, Multnomah County sheriff’s officials said Friday.
Rocks pinned the man, who suffered several broken bones, sheriff’s officials said in a statement.
He fell down a 15-foot embankment when unstable ground gave way as he tried to cross a creek about a mile off trail, the statement said.
Sheriff’s officials didn’t release the man’s name but said he was in his mid-30s and called 911 himself about 3:50 p.m.
Sheriff’s deputies and other rescuers reached the hiker about 5:25 p.m. and used a litter to carry him to a waiting ambulance, the statement said.
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