Hiker Rescued On Virgin Falls Trail Late Sunday Night

The Sparta Rescue Squad rescued a hiker stuck on a local trail in the early hours of Monday morning.

Lt. Zachary Cunningham said they received the call about midnight Sunday. A hiker on Virgin Falls Trail had sprained her ankle.

“She was about a mile, mile and a half down the trail, before it got too strenuous, we were able to carry her out,” Cunningham said.

The unidentified woman was taken to a local hospital via ambulance.

White County deputies, EMS, firefighters and Cumberland County Rescue Squad assisted in the operation, Cunningham said.