Man Saved After Jeep Falls Down Embankment On Mount Beacon

FISHKILL, N.Y. – Multiple agencies chipped in to rescue a construction worker whose Jeep had fallen down an embankment and turned over on Mount Beacon Friday morning, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal.

The Beacon Fire Department aided in the rescue of a construction worker Friday morning.
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Jim Barg

05/22/2016 1:22 p.m.

The man's Jeep fell about 65 feet into a creek and a coworker driving behind him alerted authorities, the Journal said.

Rescuing the man, who was taken to St. Luke's-Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh with neck-and-back injuries, was a joint effort between Beacon and Fishkill first responders and State Park Police, reported the Journal.

Read the Poughkeepsie Journal article here.

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