UPDATED: Reports of Shark Bite at Assateague State Park are Unconfirmed by DNR, but Victim Treated for Bite at AGH; DNR Officer was Injured in Response to Incident

UPDATED – 3:45pm – The Talk of Delmarva has been contacted by the victim of the shark/animal bite, Brendan Oster, who was treated at the scene by EMS, who cleaned and wrapped his right hand. Oster drove himself to Tidal Health-Atlantic General in Berlin where X-rays were taken and the wound treated.Ā  ====================================== ORIGINAL STORY…

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MSP Rescue Stranded Boater In Somerset County

Maryland State Police rescued a man while boating Friday afternoon in Somerset County. Police were called to a remote area in Dames Quarter Lake where a boater became grounded and began to experience a medical emergency. Because of the shallow, marshy water that was inaccessible to a vessel, a MSP helicopter was able to hoist…

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Injured Hiker Lifted from Along Beaverdam Creek in Salisbury

A hiker in Wicomico County suffered injuries after a fall in a remote area along Beaverdam Creek in Salisbury. Salisbury Fire Department personnel located the woman, but requested State Police for an aerial rescue due to the nature of her injuries. Rescuers initiated patient care on the injured hiker and stabilized her for extrication. Trooper…

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