BEND, OR -- Deschutes County Search and Rescue helped an injured hiker on Horse Ridge Saturday evening. The woman was about 1.5 miles from the trailhead when she hurt her ankle and was unable to walk out on her own. 

Bend Fire & Rescue asked for Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue to assist. A total of nine SAR volunteers responded at about 4 p.m., with a wheeled litter to rescue the patient. They reached the trailhead at 4:30 pm, and were to the patient by 5:05 pm. She was transferred to Bend Fire medics at the trailhead at 6:25 p.m. and was later taken to St. Charles Bend for treatment.