At 2:30 this afternoon, a 911 call was received by both the
Summit County Rescue Group (SCRG) and Vail Mountain Rescue (VMR)
for injured snowmobilers on Lime Creek Road on Vail Pass.
25 rescuers from SCRG and VMR responded to the call and sent
rescuers into the field via snowmobiles. The two patients were
evacuated to the Vail Pass parking lot via covered litters pulled
behind snowmobiles, arriving at approximately 5:40 pm. An ambulance
from the Summit County Ambulance Service transported them to the
Summit County Medical Center from there.
The two injured parties were from Florida and were driving rented
snowmobiles. After their accident, they called the snowmobile
rental company, which made the 911 calls.
The cause of the accident is unknown at this time.
Photo by Aaron Parmet.
