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A hiker in Missouri was injured Saturday after being shot by a hunter who said he mistook him for a turkey, according to authorities.
Officers responded around 12:23 p.m. to investigate a hunting-related incident on the Lewis & Clark Trail at the August A. Busch Memorial and Weldon Spring Conservation Area. A hunter accidentally shot a hiker, thinking he was a turkey, wrote the St. Charles County Police Department on Facebook.
Rescue crews used a utility-task vehicle to reach the injured man, who was airlifted to an area trauma center in serious condition, Kyle Gaines, a spokesman for the St. Charles County Ambulance District, told KSDK of St. Louis.
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A hiker on a trail in Missouri was shot Saturday after a hunter mistook him for turkey, according to police.
The shooting happened around noon in the Weldon Spring Conservation Area, which is nearly 8,400 acres, according to a statement by the St. Charles County Police Department on Facebook. The hiker was on the Lewis and Clark trail when the hunter shot him.
The conservation area is located approximately 34 miles west of St. Louis.
Val Joyner, the spokeswoman for the St. Charles County Police Department, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch it appeared that the incident was “just a really bad accident.” Rescue crews air-lifted the hiker to the hospital, according to KSDK. He was reportedly in serious condition at the time of the incident, but it was unclear what his condition was the following days.