KANSAS CITY —A victim is recovering after fall into the river in Kansas City.
Just before 8p.m. Thursday, the Kansas City Fire Department responded to a reported water rescue in the Blue River, the 39.8-mile-long stream that flows through Johnson County, Kansas, and Jackson County, Missouri.
The victim fell approximately 20-25 feet from an old railroad bridge West of 435 near Hawthorne access road, according to Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins.
The Kansas City Fire Department deployed the Rescue division. Multiple units went to the Hawthorn location along with the Drone.
One rescue deployed boats from the River Front Park ramp and made their way to the mouth of the Blue River. The victim was located and removed from the river 36-minutes after the call, was transported to the boat ramp and then to a local hospital for treatment of possible fractures but was alert and oriented and stable, according to Hopkins.
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