A 55-year-old man suffering from possible heat-related injuries at the base of Mount St. Helens on Monday was rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter dispatched from Oregon.
The man’s name was not released.
A HH-60J Jayhawk from Air Station Astoria was dispatched Monday at 7:30 p.m. by 911 operators in Cowlitz County to retrieve the man from the Toutle River area at the mountain’s base, according to a bulletin issued by the Coast Guard.
The helicopter rescue crew loaded the man, a companion and a dog, and transported them to the Long View/Kelso Airport where a waiting ambulance took them to the Cowlitz County Fire and Rescue Main Station in Kelso.
The man’s condition was not available.
