A sixty-six-year-old woman was rescued by helicopter after she became injured while at Panther Creek Falls in Habersham County on Sunday, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources – Law Enforcement Division.

According to DNR, Game Wardens were contacted Sunday afternoon in reference to the woman who had sustained an ankle injury in a remote area of the Chattahoochee National Forest. DNR Aviation was requested. Habersham EMS and Rabun EMA teams hiked in to the woman and administered fluids and pain medication.

DNR Aviation performed a short haul extraction from Panther Creek Falls approximately three miles west to Habersham Fire Station in Clarkesville, where the woman was turned over to EMS personnel for transport to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Demorest.