A firefighter responded to the call that a woman stumbled down an embankment and fell into a river. (Image: Woodbridge Fire Station)
A WOMAN was rescued after falling down an embankment into a river last night in North Yorkshire.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue service dispatched a firefighter from Malton to Norton after receiving the call at 2:40am today (September).
A spokesperson said: “Malton crew committed a firefighter wearing a dry suit and used lines and crew power to rescue a female who had stumbled down an embankment and then up to her chest in the river.”
The woman was then left in care of paramedics.
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