A person fell an estimated 50 feet from a cliff near Franklin Boulevard in Eugene just before 1:30 a.m. on Nov. 1, landing in blackberry bushes behind roadside fencing before firefighters could cut them free. The person suffered multiple bone fractures and potentially life-threatening injuries, according to Eugene Springfield Fire.
Fire personnel responded to a 911 call reporting the fall, according to Lookout Eugene-Springfield. The caller said they had been walking with the person near the cliff when the person slipped and fell to a roadside area near Franklin Boulevard, between Walnut Street and Interstate 5.
Crews Cut Through Fencing to Reach Victim
Firefighters located the person in blackberry bushes behind fencing attached to a jersey barrier along the roadside, the outlet's report notes. To free the person, crews had to cut through portions of that fencing before they could begin treatment and extraction.
From the time fire personnel first arrived on scene, it took about 23 minutes before the person was loaded into an ambulance and taken to a hospital, per the same account. As reported by KLCC, the person was taken to the hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries.
Condition and Identity Remain Unclear
Neither available report identifies the person who fell, and there is no update on their condition following hospital transport. As KMTR also reported, the fall was described as nearly 50 feet, underscoring how serious the drop was even as the exact circumstances of the incident near the cliff face remain limited to what the 911 caller described to crews.
