Woman Suffers Leg Burns After Hiking Off Trail Near Yellowstone Park’s Old Faithful

Woman Suffers Leg Burns After Hiking Off Trail Near Yellowstone Park’s Old Faithful
A sign marking the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park on May 7, 2018. Jacob W. Frank/National Park Service via AP
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo.—A New Hampshire woman suffered burns on her leg after hiking off trail in Yellowstone National Park and falling into scalding water in a thermal area near the Old Faithful geyser, park officials said.

The 60-year-old woman from Windsor, New Hampshire, along with her husband and their dog were walking off a designated trail near the Mallard Lake Trailhead on Monday afternoon when she broke through a thin crust over the water and suffered second- and third-degree burns to her lower leg, park officials said. Her husband and the dog were not injured.