Woman Plunges Over Pittsburgh Hillside

PITTSBURGH, PA — Multiple safety officials worked to save a woman who had plunged from a hillside in South Oakland early Tuesday.

Shortly after 5 a.m., they responded to Lawn Street, where they located a woman 100 feet over a cliff between Lawn Street and the Parkway East.

Rescue paramedics completed a high angle technical rescue to lower paramedics to the woman, secure her in a patient harness, and raise her back up the hillside using multiple ropes. EMS Rescue crews were assisted on scene by Pittsburgh Fire and Police.

The woman was taken to the hospital in stable condition, it is unclear how she ended up over the cliff.

That was the third technical rope rescue in the past week performed by the EMS Rescue Division.