Hiker and dog rescued from mountain

Combined Search and Rescue Teams rescued a woman and her dog from the Franklin Mountains on Sunday afternoon.

Officials say the woman was hiking near Chuck Heinrich Park when she suffered medical issues and called 911 around 1:20 p.m.

The first unit arrived on scene around 1:23 p.m. and attempted to make visual contact with the woman. ComSAR was dispatched and reached the patient by 3:30 p.m. and began treatment.

The woman was transported down the trail with her dog in a ComSAR vehicle. The woman, the dog and the ComSAR team were all safely down the mountain by 4:15 p.m.

The patient refused to be taken to a local hospital.