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Girl, 9, left seriously injured after falling from idyllic hiking trail in Seattle

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Swaroop, A. (2026, September 15). Girl, 9, left seriously injured after falling from idyllic hiking trail in Seattle. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16129907/girl-injured-seattle-hike-red-agate.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-09-15 · by Ananya Swaroop

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A nine-year-old girl suffered serious injuries to her right leg after falling from the agate beds on the Red Top Lookout trail near Seattle on September 12. A 911 call was made by her parents, prompting a 30-person Kittitas County Search and Rescue team to hike to where she fell before airlifting her to Harborview Medical Center for treatment. District Fire Chief Aaron Lowe emphasized the importance of preparedness for emergencies in remote hiking areas due to delayed response times.
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A nine-year-old girl suffered serious injuries when she fell off the Red Top Lookout trail near Seattle on September 12. The child was hiking with her family and fell from a rockhounding spot known as agate beds. Her parents called 911, leading to a rapid response by a Kittitas County Search and Rescue team of 30 people who had to hike to reach the injured girl due to limited accessibility. The rescuers stabilized her before she was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle; her current condition remains unknown.

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Topics

Harborview Medical Center Kittitas County Search and Rescue Seattle Washington

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Kittitas County GPE · 4× Clyde PERSON · 2× Harborview Medical Center ORG · 2× Search and Rescue ORG · 2× Seattle ORG · 2× Washington GPE · 2× Aaron Lowe PERSON · 1× Daily Mail ORG · 1× the US Army Air Ambulance ORG · 1× the Washington State Animal Response Team ORG · 1×

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A nine-year-old girl was left with serious injuries after she fell during a remote mountain hike in Seattle. The child was spending some quality time with her family when she plunged off the picturesque Red Top Lookout trail. She badly injured her right leg after falling from the agate beds, a well-known rockhounding spot.
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🔮 The dog, named Clyde, had injured multiple paw pads and could no longer walk.

Claims (19 extracted, 1 hedged)

- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A nine-year-old girl was left with serious injuries after she fell during a remote mountain hike in Seattle. The child was spending some quality time with her family when she plunged off the picturesque Red Top Lookout trail. She badly injured her right leg after falling from the agate beds, a well-known rockhounding spot. asserted
She → see → beds
Officials received a panicked 911 call from her parents in the afternoon of September 12. asserted
Officials → receive → September
A Kittitas County Search and Rescue crew of 30 people sprang into action to rescue the little girl. asserted
crew → spring → girl
Due to limited accessibility to the location, they had to hike to reach her. asserted
they → have → her
The team stabilized the patient while waiting for the helicopter. asserted
team → stabilize → helicopter
She was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle by airlift. asserted
She → take → airlift
Kittitas County Search and Rescue team received a 911 emergency call from the parents of a nine-year-old girl who fell during a hike First responders transferred the girl to Harborview Medical Center via airlift on September 12 Firefighters and agencies responded to the emergency call at 1.24pm, Aaron Lowe, the district fire chief, told the outlet. asserted
Lowe → receive → outlet
The chief added that visitors should be careful while hiking in remote areas like the Red Top Lookout trail. asserted
visitors → add → trail
‘They [should be] prepared for emergencies because of the long delay of those remote responses,' he said. asserted
he → prepare → responses
Located on the Teanaway Ridge, the popular trail in Washington is a short and manageable hike but with a steep climb and rugged access roads. asserted
trail → locate → climb
People have found thunder eggs and various crystal clusters in this area. asserted
People → find → area
Kittitas County Search and Rescue had to rescue several hikers and even a dog in the last few months in the area. asserted
Search → have → area
In June, the team rescued a hiker in Alpine Lakes Wilderness. asserted
team → rescue → Wilderness
The man sent out a distress signal from their fitness watch after their partner got a heat stroke. asserted
partner → send → stroke
Located on the Teanaway Ridge, the popular trail in Washington a steep climb and rugged access roads asserted
trail → locate → Washington
The team reached the location but had to take the help of the US Army Air Ambulance after they realized that the situation was serious. asserted
situation → reach → Ambulance
In July, the crew worked through the night with the Washington State Animal Response Team to rescue an injured 90-pound Rottweiler. asserted
crew → work → Rottweiler
The dog, named Clyde, had injured multiple paw pads and could no longer walk. uncertain
dog → name → pads
They carried Clyde more than four miles down a rugged mountain trail at Lake Ann in Kittitas County. asserted
They → carry → County
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