SUN JOURNAL • March 22, 2020
Amelia Hutchinson, 30, was hiking up the loop trail on Tumbledown Mountain with her two children, ages 10 and 8, at about 11 a.m. when they came to a trail that was impassable due to accumulation of ice. The family turned around and was headed back down the trail when Hutchinson slipped and fell down a steep slope and struck a tree, breaking her ankle. The Maine Forest Service’s efforts to rescue Hutchinson by helicopter were called off due to high winds. Emergency workers from the Maine Warden Service, Maine Forest Service, fire rescue departments from Phillips, Weld and Wilton, Mount Blue State Park and Franklin County Search and Rescue loaded Hutchinson into an emergency rescue toboggan and carried or pulled her down the icy, snow-covered terrain.