Man rescued from river – Cradley, Halesowen
He fell 50 feet down the river bank into the water
Bethesda Gardens, Halesowen, UK
At 8.10am on Tuesday 12 July we responded to reports of a man who’d fallen into the River Stour in Cradley, Halesowen. Three of our crews attended, from Haden Cross and Sheldon fire stations, plus our Technical Rescue Unit from Wednesbury. The first arrived four minutes after being mobilised. The man, who was in his early 20s, had fallen approximately 50 feet down a river bank into the water in the Bethesda Gardens / Butcher’s Lane area. He was located and assisted down river to a safe exit point by our firefighters and the ambulance service, who we believe took him to hospital to be checked over.
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