Kevin Riley of Plains, right, with his partner Emily Winter. Riley was rushed to Kalispell Regional Medical Center last summer after a logging accident that required A.L.E.R.T. and other local Flathead County emergency services. (Photo provided by Kevin Riley)
April 24, 2019
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April 24, 2019 4 a.m.
Plains logger credits A.L.E.R.T. air ambulance for lifesaving rescue
From the minute Kevin Riley was bludgeoned and knocked unconscious by a log under pressure from a line machine at his workplace, to the time he was transported to Kalispell Regional Medical Center for life-saving surgery, was only about 56 minutes.