CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. β A person was seriously injured after falling 15 feet down an embankment and ending up in a creek in Chesterfield County on Sunday afternoon.
Crews were dispatched to a rescue along the 17400 block of Route 1 just before 3 p.m., according to officials with Chesterfield Fire and EMS.
Firefighters performed an "aerial rescue" using a ladder truck and Stokes basket to reach a person who had fallen roughly 15 feet down an embankment into a creek.
The victim was taken to an area hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, according to officials.
No details about the circumstances surrounding how the person fell were released.
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