Crime & Safety
Cliff Diver Seriously Injured In Northeast Travis County
Medics were dispatched to Grisham Trail just after 7 p.m. to aid an adult patient left in critical, life-threatening condition after dive.
AUSTIN, TX —A person who jumped from a cliff into a body of water in northwestern part of Travis County Thursday evening sustained life-threatening injuries, medics said.
The incident occurred along the 4500 block of Grisham Trail just after 7 p.m., Austin-Travis County EMS medics alerted via Twitter. Amid reports the person had not resurfaced, rescuers were able to later find the person as medics reported. Aiding Austin-Travis EMS medics were those from the Lake Travis Fire Department and the Pedernales Fire Department, according to the tweet.
After what medics described as 35 minutes of resuscitation efforts, the injured adult was transported to Dell Seton Medical Center via a StarFlight medical hospital. Medics described the person's condition as critical and life-threatening.
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No further details were disclosed.
Multiple #ATCEMS, Lake Travis FD, @pedernales_fire & @STAR_Flight_TC Rescue assets responding to a reported Water Rescue at ~4500 blk of Grisham Trl (19:03); Initial reports of a person who jumped from a cliff into the water & has not surfaced. More to Follow…
— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) June 26, 2020
UPDATE Water Rescue at ~4500 blk of Grisham Trl: Rescuers have located the patient, who is out of the water, and #ATCEMSMedics on scene are advising CPR is in progress. More information to follow.
— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) June 26, 2020
FINAL: Water Rescue at ~4500 blk of Grisham Trl; After 35+ minutes of extensive resuscitation efforts by on-scene rescuers, STARFlight is transporting 1 adult to Dell Seton Medical Center with critical life-threatening condition. No other updates or information available.
— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) June 26, 2020
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