Crime & Safety
Nashua Man Injured In Tubing Accident In Saco River
A Nashua man slipped and fell while tubing, and injured his back requiring responders to carry him out of the river and a wooded area
HARTS LOCATION - On Sunday, July 19th before 5:00 PM New Hampshire Fish and Game were notified that a person was injured on the Saco River in the area of the Fourth Iron Campground.
Johnny Perez, 29 of Nashua, NH was injured when he was tubing on the river when he stood up and slipped. He fell and impacted a rock with his back. He was unable to walk and a call for help was placed to 911.
Along with Conservation Officers, rescuers from Bartlett and Jackson Fire Departments, Bartlett / Jackson Ambulance, responded along with members of Carroll County Sheriff’s Department and the US Forest Service.
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Perez was placed in a litter stretcher and carried a little over a quarter mile. He was then loaded into the bed of a truck that took him the rest of the way to a waiting ambulance. He arrived at the ambulance shortly before 6:30 PM and was taken to the Memorial Hospital in North Conway for treatment.
