A 16-year-old male who required rescue from the Pocket Wilderness in Soddy-Daisy earlier this afternoon has been safely transported to Erlanger for treatment.
According to a release, Mowbray Mowbray Volunteer Fire Department assistant chief Dusten Woodard said the boy injured his knee jumping into a swimming hole between the creek crossing and the blue hole located at the foot of Mowbray Mountain.
Deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s department were the first units on scene and they found the patient on the trail with his friends helping him walk out of the woods.
The officers helped him walk toward the main entrance until they were met with fire and rescue personnel to take over and get him out of the woods. He was then transported by Hamilton County Emergency Services to the hospital.