ELYRIA TEEN FALLS 50' OVER CLIFF

FIREFIGHTERS RAPEL HILL
RESCUE INJURED BOY

TMC NEWS PHOTOS / BRIAN WOODS

Elyria – An Elyria Teen was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center Thursday night after falling approximately 50 feet off a cliff.

Paramedics and Firefighters were called to the dead end of Neufer Court at 7:26 p.m. after a 13 year old boy fell down the hill. At first rescuers were told that the boy was in the river below but when they arrived on scene he was out of the water and on the bank.

Firefighters had to lower ropes and rapel down the nearly 50 foot hill to get access to the boy to begin treating him.


Once the boy was stabilized on a backboard he was placed in a Fire Department Stokes Basket. It was then that a team consisting of Firefighters and Elyria Police Officers began slowing hoisting the basket up the hill.

When the basket reached the top of the hill Paramedics from LifeCare Ambulance began treating the teen.

The teen, who was alert and speaking to rescuers, said he could not feel his lower extremities and complained of back and neck pains.

Paramedics then transported the boy to Elyria Memorial Hospital Emergency Room where a crew from Metro LifeFlight was waiting. He was flown a shot time later in serious condition to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland.

Neighbors who stood by and watched the rescue said that this is not the first time that a child has fallen down that hill. Neighbors say they wish a fence could be erected to prevent this from happening in the future.


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