A runner crawled for nearly eight hours in freezing temperatures to find help after injuring his leg in a national park in Washington, authorities said.
A runner crawled for nearly eight hours to find help after injuring his leg in a national park in Washington, authorities said.
"Carrying a charged cell phone and displaying incredible grit and determination to self-rescue likely prevented more serious injury in this case," Jefferson County Search and Rescue said in a statement posted on Facebook.Around 5 p.m. Friday, the runner was injured on the Duckabush River Trail in the Olympic National Park, Washington, according to the release. He was about 10 miles from the trailhead and his cell phone did not have a signal so he couldn't call for help.
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