Helicopter rescues snowmobiler from volcano
YACOLT, Wash. (AP) -- A snowmobiler from Oregon survived a fall into the crater of Mount St. Helens.
Skamania County Undersheriff Dave Cox says 52-year-old John Slemp of Damascus was on one of three snowmobiles that climbed to the west crater rim.
Cox says Slemp got off his snowmobile and walked out onto a cornice overhanging the crater when it gave way.
Slemp was wearing his snowmobile helmet, and the undersheriff says a heavy snowpack may have broken his fall.
Slemp hurt his leg, but the extent of the injury is not known.
Cox says the U.S. Forest Service will investigate the incident.
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