EUGENE, Ore. — A person suffered multiple fractures and potentially life-threatening injuries after falling nearly 50 feet from a cliff early Sunday morning in Eugene, prompting a rapid, multi-unit emergency response.
Just before 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26, Eugene Springfield Fire (ESF) responded to an emergency medical call for a long fall on Franklin Boulevard between Walnut Boulevard and Interstate 5. A 911 caller reported walking with the victim near a cliff face on Birch Lane when the victim slipped and fell down the vertical face, landing near Franklin Boulevard below.
After receiving the dispatch information, the alarm was upgraded to include a fire engine, ladder truck, ALS ambulance, EMS supervisor and a battalion chief…