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Hunter accidentally shoots hiker in Missouri Rescue crews used a utility-task vehicle to reach the injured man and transported him by helicopter to an area trauma center in serious condition. Author: Kelsi Anderson (KSDK), Robert Townsend, Jacob Kuerth, Jeff Cavallin Published: 3:41 PM CDT May 8, 2021 Updated: 4:17 AM CDT May 9, 2021 ST CHARLES, Mo. — A hiker mistaken for a turkey was accidentally shot in the chest Saturday afternoon by a hunter while using a popular St. Charles County trail, police said. St. Charles County police said officer...

Man mistaken for turkey, shot by hunter in Missouri Updated May 10, 2021; Posted May 10, 2021 A man was accidentally shot after being mistaken for a turkey while hiking in Missouri. (photo by Tyler Donaghy via Unsplash) Facebook Share A man was hiking on a trail in Missouri when a hunter accidentally mistook him for a turkey and shot him in the chest. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon on the Lewis and Clark Trail at the August A. Busch Memorial and Weldon Spring Conservation Area in St. Charles County, and left the hiker in serious condition. KSDK News reports how the Missouri Dep...

Missouri Hunter Shoots Hiker After Mistaking Him For Turkey, Police Say KEY POINTS Police are yet to reveal the identities of the hiker and the hunter  They said the hunter was fully cooperating A hiker in Missouri has been critically injured after being shot in the chest by a hunter who mistook him for a turkey. Officers reached the Lewis & Clark trail at August A. Busch Memorial and Weldon Spring Conservation Area around Saturday afternoon to investigate a hunting-related incident, St. Charles County Police Department said in a Facebook statement.  "A hunter accidentally shot a hiker, t...

TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. WELDON SPRING, Mo. — A hiker was accidentally shot by a turkey hunter Saturday in the St. Louis area, authorities said. The shooting happened on the Lewis and Clark Trail in the Weldon Spring Conservation Area around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, St. Charles County Police Department spokeswoman Val Joyner said. “It sounds like it was just a really bad accident,” Joyner said to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The male hiker was taken to a hospital after the shooting, but his conditi...

Hunter accidentally shoots hiker in St. Charles County KMOV     ST. CHARLES COUNTY, MO (KMOV) — A hunter accidentally shot a hiker near Weldon Spring, Mo. Saturday, believing he was a turkey, police told News 4. The shooting happened just before 12:30 p.m., on the Lewis Clark Trail, which is in the Weldon Spring Conservation Area near Highway 94. Crews had to use an utility task vehicle to get the the man in the wooded terrain. He was taken to was airlifted to a local hospital with serious, life threatening injuries, a spokesperson from the St. Charles Ambulance District said. Spring ...