![]() ► ON THE GO? Download the CJ app for iPhone, Android and iPadĪt around 6:30 p.m., a relative of Harris' received a call from Harris saying he was trapped under a rock. ► READ MORE : What does it take to recycle the convention center? ► READ MORE: Child abuse panel finds ‘evil’ amid reviews ► READ MORE: Heiner pushes for ‘A-F’ grades for Ky. ► READ MORE: U of L pays $1M to two under FBI investigation ► READ MORE: Arrest made in theft of Ali Center painting ► READ MORE: Bevin to blame for U of L’s ‘black eye,’ Beshear says Derby, a black labrador, was deployed but was unable to find Harris. He did not say where he was going but his friends and relatives said he had hiked and hunted in the Harris-Crawford State Forest in the past.Ībout 15 personnel from the Indiana Conservation Office, Harrison County Sheriff's Department, Harrison Township Fire Department and Harrison County EMS responded and found his car in a parking area off of Old Forest Road. Harris was reported missing by friends and relatives shortly after leaving work around 3:30 p.m. "In the whole scheme of things, it was significant because we had the injuries and weather conditions," Hash said. Hash said he is expected to survive and could be released from the hospital as early as Thursday. The rocks constricted his airway and only a small tree supported his weight.Īfter his rescue, Harris was airlifted to the University of Louisville Hospital with hypothermia and other minor injuries. The plunge caused rocks to dislodge and left Harris pinned on an incline in mid-30-degree weather. after an apparent fall near Feller and Old Forest roads, said Officer Jim Hash with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement District 8. Ronald Harris was found blue and unconscious by K-9 Officer Derby around 10 p.m. A 59-year-old Corydon man, who suffered near-fatal injuries after a fall in the Harrison-Crawford State Forest, was rescued Wednesday night with help from his cell phone and an Indiana Conservation Office K-9. ![]()
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