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Cyclist rescued from trestle

Emergency crews rushed to the Myra Canyon trestle bridges Thursday afternoon to come to the aid of an injured mountain biker.

A woman had ridden off the central wooden section of trestle 9 at 1:30 p.m. and slammed into the railing, injuring her shoulder and preventing her from riding.

Eight Central Okanagan Search and Rescue members, two Kelowna firefighters and two BC Ambulance members used ATVs and a Gator to travel the five kilometres of trail from the June Springs side parking lot to her location.

“It was a great team effort with all three organizations,” said Duane Tresnich, spokesperson with COSAR. “It was a pretty straightforward rescue.”

The woman was taken down by ambulance, but her injuries were not life threatening.



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