Springfield firefighters were able to get a stretcher to the fallen man.
SPRINGFIELD – A man who tumbled down the banks of the Connecticut River early Tuesday afternoon, about halfway between Riverfront Park and the Memorial Bridge, was taken to Baystate Medical Center for treatment of a leg injury.
Springfield Fire Department spokesman Dennis G. Leger said the accident was reported shortly after 12:30 p.m. and ambulance personnel asked firefighters for assistance in rescuing the man.
Leger said the river bank in that area is about 60 feet high and that firefighters were able to extricate the victim with a stretcher. Additional information was not immediately available.