HIKERS RESCUED Group Of Pennsylvania Hikers Rescued In Eastern Kentucky
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Heath Harrison
Reported: Mar. 8, 2013 3:15 PM EST
Updated: Mar. 8, 2013 5:33 PM EST
Eyewitness News Photo
Whitesburg, Letcher County
, Kentucky
Officials say 40 Pennsylvania college students on a mission trip to Appalachia were rescued from Pine Mountain after they got lost while hiking.
John Caroulis, a spokesman for La Salle University in Philadelphia, said one student remained in the hospital Friday morning as a precaution, but the rest of the group was released and all are expected to return as scheduled Saturday.
Caroulis said the students were spending their spring break in Kentucky with Habitat for Humanity.
Kentucky State Police trooper Tony Watts says the group was reported missing about 7 p.m. Thursday.
Mayking Volunteer Fire Chief Tony Fugate said they were found around midnight. He said the students waited too late to head back from their hiking trip and became disoriented when it got dark.
Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Kentucky teen dies with dog lead on neck May 20, 2013 6:37 PM EDT Authorities say a Kentucky teenager known as a jokester was strangled by a dog lead he put around his neck while playing with friends at the start of summer vacation.
AP source: Treasury told WH of IRS disclosure plan May 20, 2013 9:40 PM EDT A Treasury official says the department told the White House twice that the IRS was preparing to make public its targeting of conservative political groups.
Associated Press
