Danbury Firefighters Rescue Man Fallen From Bridge

DANBURY, CT —Police rescued a man after he fell from a bridge on East Franklin Street Thursday night.

A Danbury police officer heard the call for help around 8:50 p.m. in the area of the police station. Upon investigating, the officer discovered that the man had fallen off a bridge trestle into heavy brush on the riverbank and was injured.

Fire Department and EMS units were summoned and found the man about 12 feet down from the wall, in a thicket of poison ivy and other vegetation. After clearing away some of the brush, firefighters secured the victim into a basket stretcher and hoisted him by ropes back up to the street level.

EMS transported the man to the hospital for treatment.