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Medical emergencies keep Wasatch County SAR busy over Labor Day

A Wasatch County Search and Rescue side-by-side responds to an incident involving a hunter suffering a medical episode in the Currant Creek area.
Wasatch County Search and Rescue
A Wasatch County Search and Rescue side-by-side responds to an incident involving a hunter suffering a medical episode in the Currant Creek area.

Wasatch County Search and Rescue crews responded to at least four emergencies over Labor Day weekend.

Wasatch County Search and Rescue started the Labor Day weekend with a boat accident Friday, just before noon.

A Strawberry Reservoir shore fisherman saw a man in the water screaming for help.

The man was the only person on the fishing boat when he fell overboard without a life jacket and wasn’t able to swim back to the boat.

A boat from the Strawberry Bay Marina rescued the fisherman.

Search and rescue, Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office and Wasatch Fire District crews also provided support.

Sunday search and rescue crews were called to help a 48-year-old hunter around 7 a.m.

He had a medical issue in the Currant Creek area of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

Search crews rescued the man from the remote area and the Wasatch Fire District treated him.

Crews responded to another medical emergency Sunday around 10 a.m. on the west side of Strawberry Reservoir.

A medical helicopter flew out a 73-year-old camper having a medical emergency.

Monday, another hunter needed medical assistance.

Crews in a medical helicopter helped the hunter in the Willow Creek area.

Search and rescue, sheriff’s deputies and fire district crews also assisted.