PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — A person was hospitalized with serious injuries after falling from a 50-foot cliff near a Washington waterfall late Sunday night, officials say.
At around 11:30 p.m., Clark County fire crews and EMS responded to a report of a fall near Big Tree Creek waterfall, east of Yacolt.
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On arrival, officials met up with the caller, who led them to a person who was injured at the base of a 50-foot cliff next to the waterfall.
Officials said crews carefully navigated through “steep, dark and slippery terrain” to reach the injured person and give them immediate medical care until a rope rescue could be made.
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Soon after, crews from the Volcano Rescue Team and the Clark County Regional Technical Rescue Team implemented a high-angle rope rescue system to safely extricate the injured person.
After the person was raised to the top of the cliff, they were taken to the hospital with serious injuries…