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Hiker on Mount Washington suffers medical emergency

By Associated Press

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SARGENT’S PURCHASE, N.H. (AP) — A New York man hiking on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington has been hospitalized after suffering a medical emergency.

WMUR-TV reports 60-year-old Mark Winkler, of Pleasantville, New York, fell ill while hiking with a group on Mount Washington Sunday afternoon. Members of his group called 911.

First responders stabilized Winkler before transporting him to a helicopter. Winkler was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

No further information was available.

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Information from: WMUR-TV, http://wmur.com