PRESTON — Franklin County’s Search and Rescue had a busy weekend training and then putting that training to practice.
The unit had just finished a six-hour training session last Saturday when a call was received that a man had fallen and broken his leg while ice fishing at Treasureton Reservoir. His companions were not able to move him.
Because the stability of ice concerned the ambulance crew, Franklin County Search and Rescue assisted in the task.
Then on Sunday, the search and rescue unit was paged to bring out a 36-year-old snowmobiler who had sustained stroke-like symptoms. He was located in a remote area above Copenhagen Basin by the Paris Ice Caves.
The unit ended up preparing a site for a helicopter to land and carried the man to be life-flighted to Idaho Falls.
“Our guys were with him about 45 minutes,” said Sheriff Dave Fryar. “We’re pretty proud of the S&R. They are a good bunch of people.”
