PITTSBURGH, PA — Emergency responders from Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS, Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, and Pittsburgh Bureau of Police conducted a technical rope rescue operation Monday evening after a vehicle crashed over a hillside on Windgap Avenue, city public safety officials said.
First responders were dispatched at approximately 5:30 p.m. to the 3300 block of Windgap Avenue for reports of a single-vehicle collision with entrapment. Upon arrival, emergency units determined that a sedan had flipped over a guardrail along the roadway and tumbled approximately 50 feet down the steep embankment, leaving a female occupant trapped inside the wreckage.
Rescue paramedics descended the hillside to reach the vehicle, successfully extricated the woman, and deployed a specialized rope rescue system to haul her back up to street level. Firefighters and police officers assisted on the hillside throughout the extrication and lifting operation. The woman was transported by Pittsburgh EMS to a local hospital in stable condition.
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