Man rescued from Mt. Washington hillside
Courtesy of Pittsburgh Public Safety
Pittsburgh emergency responders work to rescue a man who fell down a hillside in Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington neighborhood.
Courtesy of Pittsburgh Public Safety
Pittsburgh emergency responders establish a pulley system to help rescue a man who fell down a hillside in Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington neighborhood.
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Pittsburgh first responders were able to rescue an elderly man who fell down a Mt. Washington hillside Tuesday.
Authorities said police, fire and EMS were dispatched to the 600 block of Olympia Road around 5:45 p.m. for a man who had fallen about 20 feet down the hillside.
They found a man in his 80s clinging to a tree in a steep, wooded area, authorities said.
Medics devised a rope-and-pulley system to hoist him up the hill in a basket to a waiting stretcher.
Authorities said the man was pulled out and evaluated on scene for minor injuries. He refused transportation to a hospital.
He was cleared by a physician before returning home with family.