Woman Rescued After Fall From Rock Bluff At Columbia Park

A woman is recovering from lower leg injuries after falling 15 feet down a rock bluff at the Pinnacles Youth Park in Boone County yesterday (Monday) afternoon.

Rescuers from the Boone County Fire Protection District used ropes to lower the woman down the rock bluff that was nearly fifty feet tall.

Muddy conditions and the location of the woman on the cliff presented challenges.

According to one of the rescuers the woman sustained a leg injury however was alert and responsive and was taken to a hospital for treatment.