YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyoming — A 60-year-old New Hampshire woman suffered second- and third-degree burns on her leg when her leg fell into scalding water in a thermal area at Yellowstone National Park.
A news release from the National Parks Service says the woman was flown by helicopter to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center following the incident Monday afternoon. This is the first known thermal injury in the park this year.
The woman reportedly was walking off trail with her husband and dog Monday afternoon when she broke through a thin crust over the top of the scalding water. Her husband and dog were not injured.
The woman and her husband went to a park medical clinic before she was flown to the hospital.
Hot springs have injured and killed more people in Yellowstone National Park than any other natural feature, the National Park Service said. At least 22 people have died from hot spring-related injuries in and around the 3,471-square-mile national park since 1890, park officials have said.
The incident remains under investigation but the parks service says visitors should not leave the boardwalks and trails in thermal areas.
