Cashaw Creek Trail System
Amherst County, Virgiia
Via VSP:
“At approximately 5:28 p.m. on Sunday (April 20, 2025), Virginia State Police’s Med Flight-1 received a request for a hoist rescue of an injured mountain biker along the Cashaw Creek Trail System in Amherst County. Virginia State Police Senior Trooper Pilot Andy Wood, Chesterfield Firefighter Chris Orr, and Chesterfield Lieutenant Mike Abbott then flew the 87 nautical miles to site, located about one mile up into the mountains.
Once on scene, Firefighter Orr was lowered to the scene, which was surrounded by trees (the hole in the tree canopy that Orr was lowed into was 15’ by 15’). While Firefighter Orr was on the ground, assisting a ground crew and loading the juvenile patient into the Baumin Bag device for hoisting, Med flight 1 remained airborne. The helicopter then hoisted Orr and the patient in tandem, and flew the patient to UVA Medical Center.
Med-Flight is currently in its 41st year. Med-flight is a publicly funded operation and does not charge for its services.
Med-flight 1 is a partnership between Virginia State Police and Chesterfield County Fire and EMS.
Matthew Demlein
Public Relations Coordinator
Virginia State Police”
