OAKLAND — Maryland State Police’s Trooper 5 medevac helicopter played a key role in rescuing a woman and her dogs who became lost hiking in Swallow Falls State Park on Friday, according to the Garrett County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s office responded to the woman’s distress call at 2 p.m., and located her after a foot search through the forest that lasted several hours, police said.

The woman was exhausted, disoriented and in need of medical attention, police said.

A deputy attempted to lead her out of the forest on foot, but because of the terrain and her condition that attempt was unsuccessful.

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