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Vermont State Police vehicles are parked at the home of a Mount Holly woman reported missing Friday while hiking. She was found and taken to the Rutland Regional Medical Center with unknown injuries.
MOUNT HOLLY — When a local woman did not return home from her daily hike along Lake Ninevah Road on Friday afternoon, her family called for help.
“We were already searching with dogs when she was found,” said Vermont State Police Sgt. Todd Wilkins.
Lynn Jones was discovered by two men on four-wheelers, he said at the woman’s home at about 5 p.m.
The men were not part of the rescue effort and State Police did not release their names. When they found Jones off Perry Road, police said, one of the men went to a phone and called 911 for help.
There is no cellular service in that area.
Along with troopers, about a dozen Mount Holly volunteer firefighters responded to the call.
“We were on standby and brought our off-road rescue unit,” Chief Keith Hawkins said. “It has four-wheelers ...”
Jones’ son, Jake Syria, 26, said his father called him when his mother did not come home from her hike. “He said she was gone for 2½ hours and he was worried about her,” Syria said.
By the time Syria arrived at their Mount Holly home, his mother had been found, although he had no details about where she was or what happened to her.
At Jones’ home, a State Police cruiser and a K-9 unit were still parked in the driveway, but the troopers were several miles away helping with the rescue effort.
Jones had been hiking with one of the family dogs, a brindle. The dog was returned to home by one of the rescuers at about 5 p.m. Friday.
Jones was taken to the Rutland Regional Medical Center by the Mount Holly Volunteer Rescue Squad.
The extent of her injuries or why she needed rescuing has not yet been released,
Syria said his mother is an avid hiker and takes the Lake Ninevah route with one or two family dogs most days.
“She hikes down Ninevah Road by Flying Cloud,” he said, referring to a boys’ camp. “She goes about 3-plus miles. But she used to go the whole 12-mile loop.”
The Lake Ninevah area in Mount Holly is part of a 3,000-acre reserve designed to protect the natural habitat of the area. It is maintained by the Ninevah Foundation and covers the area around Lake Ninevah and Saltash Mountain in Mount Holly and Plymouth.
At nearly the same time of season two years ago, Jones was hiking and experienced a health problem, Syria said. “She even wrote a letter to the paper thanking the person who helped her.”
“On Tuesday, April 30, I had a health problem while on my daily walk,” Jones wrote in her May 11, 2013, letter to the Rutland Herald. “I was on Lake Ninevah Road in Mount Holly. The things I remember most are a man’s strong arm holding me up and being called ‘ma’am’ several times. I also remember being strongly encouraged to call 911, which I did.”
Jones said in the letter she did not remember how she got home or how her dogs got inside her home, but she did recall a truck.
“I want to thank you for your help. I don’t know how I would have made it home without you. It was the scariest thing that has ever happened to me,” she wrote.
A hospital spokeswoman said Jones was a patient Friday evening but she could not release her condition.
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“We were already searching with dogs when she was found,” said Vermont State Police Sgt. Todd Wilkins.
Lynn Jones was discovered by two men on four-wheelers, he said at the woman’s home at about 5 p.m.
The men were not part of the rescue effort and State Police did not release their names. When they found Jones off Perry Road, police said, one of the men went to a phone and called 911 for help.
There is no cellular service in that area.
Along with troopers, about a dozen Mount Holly volunteer firefighters responded to the call.
“We were on standby and brought our off-road rescue unit,” Chief Keith Hawkins said. “It has four-wheelers ...”
Jones’ son, Jake Syria, 26, said his father called him when his mother did not come home from her hike. “He said she was gone for 2½ hours and he was worried about her,” Syria said.
By the time Syria arrived at their Mount Holly home, his mother had been found, although he had no details about where she was or what happened to her.
At Jones’ home, a State Police cruiser and a K-9 unit were still parked in the driveway, but the troopers were several miles away helping with the rescue effort.
Jones had been hiking with one of the family dogs, a brindle. The dog was returned to home by one of the rescuers at about 5 p.m. Friday.
Jones was taken to the Rutland Regional Medical Center by the Mount Holly Volunteer Rescue Squad.
The extent of her injuries or why she needed rescuing has not yet been released,
Syria said his mother is an avid hiker and takes the Lake Ninevah route with one or two family dogs most days.
“She hikes down Ninevah Road by Flying Cloud,” he said, referring to a boys’ camp. “She goes about 3-plus miles. But she used to go the whole 12-mile loop.”
The Lake Ninevah area in Mount Holly is part of a 3,000-acre reserve designed to protect the natural habitat of the area. It is maintained by the Ninevah Foundation and covers the area around Lake Ninevah and Saltash Mountain in Mount Holly and Plymouth.
At nearly the same time of season two years ago, Jones was hiking and experienced a health problem, Syria said. “She even wrote a letter to the paper thanking the person who helped her.”
“On Tuesday, April 30, I had a health problem while on my daily walk,” Jones wrote in her May 11, 2013, letter to the Rutland Herald. “I was on Lake Ninevah Road in Mount Holly. The things I remember most are a man’s strong arm holding me up and being called ‘ma’am’ several times. I also remember being strongly encouraged to call 911, which I did.”
Jones said in the letter she did not remember how she got home or how her dogs got inside her home, but she did recall a truck.
“I want to thank you for your help. I don’t know how I would have made it home without you. It was the scariest thing that has ever happened to me,” she wrote.
A hospital spokeswoman said Jones was a patient Friday evening but she could not release her condition.
kathleen.phalentomaselli
@rutlandherald.com
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