UPDATE: Injured hiker rescued from Pocket Wilderness

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — Hamilton County Emergency Services says the injured hiker has been rescued, as of 6 p.m. Saturday evening.

Officials say he was transported to a local hospital to treat his ankle injury.

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HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — Hamilton County Emergency Services says rescue efforts are ongoing in the Pocket Wilderness.

According to tweets from the agency, a man slipped while hiking and suffered an ankle fracture.

Currently, rescue efforts underway at the Pocket Wilderness Hiking Trails. Male party slipped on trail and sustained ankle fracture. Mutual Aid response requested to carry him out on steep terrain. Stay tuned for updates. pic.twitter.com/6Ru0PdcTpM

— HamCoTNES (@HamCoTNES) May 5, 2018

Rescue personnel arriving at Pocket Wilderness trails to help carry a male party out of the woods that was injured on the trail. pic.twitter.com/MqY86BzsNk

— HamCoTNES (@HamCoTNES) May 5, 2018

Hamilton County Emergency Services says rescue personnel are on scene to help carry the man out of the woods.

News 12 will update this story as information becomes available.