SPRINGFIELD - Springfield firefighters rescued 40-year-old Stephanie Acasio of Boston on Friday night after she was found clinging to a rock in the Mill River, Springfield fire spokesman Dennis Leger said. Acasio suffered a leg injury in the fall and was taken to Baystate Medical Center for treatment. It was not clear how long she had been in the water...
SPRINGFIELD - Springfield firefighters rescued 40-year-old Stephanie Acasio of Boston on Friday night after she was found clinging to a rock in the Mill River, Springfield fire spokesman Dennis Leger said.
Acasio suffered a leg injury in the fall and was taken to Baystate Medical Center for treatment.
It was not clear how long she had been in the water or how she fell down the embankment. Leger said she was found clinging to a rock and some logs just a few feet from where the river enters an underground culvert that travels several hundred yards to where it empties into the Connecticut River.
If she went down the culvert and got stuck, it is not likely anyone would have heard her calling for help, he said.
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