Woman survives falling and tumbling 150 feet at Washington state waterfall site
A woman sustained serious injuries this week after falling and tumbling more than 150 feet down an embankment at a Washington state waterfall popular with hikers, authorities said.
A woman sustained serious injuries this week after falling and tumbling more than 150 feet down an embankment at a Washington state waterfall popular with hikers, authorities said.
The fall at Racehorse Falls near Deming, Washington, on Tuesday afternoon was the fifth one at the attraction this year, Whatcom County Fire District 14 said in a statement Wednesday.
The 25-year-old woman fell 50 to 60 feet initially then tumbled down an additional 100 feet of "slippery rock slope" before reaching bottom, the fire district said.
"Our crews rappelled down, packaged the patient into a litter, and lifted her out of the canyon," the fire district said. "Firefighters then carried her out the 1/3 mile trail using our wheeled litter."
A woman tumbled and fell more than 150 feet down an embankment at Racehorse Falls, Wash., on Tuesday.Whatcom County Fire District 14A Bellingham Fire Department medic unit rushed her to a hospital, it said. District Assistant Chief David Moe said by email Saturday that the woman was stabilized at a hospital in Bellingham before she was transferred to a facility in Seattle.
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