The incident took place in Hampshire County around 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 13, when Northampton Police and Northampton Fire Rescue responded behind the Millbank Condominiums for a 53-year-old woman that had fallen down a steep embankment and into a shallow stream, the fire department said.
Police officers were able to pull the woman out, and firefighters extricated the female up the steep embankment using a sled.
The woman was transported to Cooley Dickinson Hospital for minor injuries.
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