Injured Hiker on Mt. Potash Trail
by Gino Devaney on
th shortly before 4:30 PM
New Hampshire Fish and Game was notified that a hiker was injured on the
Mt. Potash Trail. The hiker was
Kenneth Winitzer, 65 of Conway, NH. Kenneth was hiking with his wife
Jill when he fell and injured his hip while descending the trail. A passing hiker was able to hike back up the trail in order to gain cell service and placed a call for help. Kenneth and Jill were also equipped with an
Emergency Personal Locator Beacon and were able to activate it.
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A 65-year-old man was injured Sunday after he fell while hiking down a trail on Mount Potash in the White Mountains, officials said.
Kenneth Winitzer, of Conway, N.H., injured his hip while descending the trail with his wife, Jill, according to a statement from New Hampshire Fish and Game. A passing hiker was able to notify first responders at around 4:30 p.m. Sunday after they backed up the trail to an area where they had cell service. Winitzer and his wife also activated their emergency personal locator beacon, the statement said.