MAN DRIVES CAR OFF 100 FOOT BLUFF IN BLEDSOE COUNTY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING

Crossville Fire Rescue, Cumberland County Fire Department and Cumberland County Rescue Squad personnel responded mutual aid to the Lowes Gap Road area in remote Bledsoe County at approximately 2:30am this (Friday) morning to assist with the rescue of a patient who had driven a car off of a 100-foot bluff. Crews had to rappel down to the victim and extricate the victim from the wreckage. Fire Paramedics stabilized the critically injured victim and crews vertically lifted the patient up the 100 foot bluff utilizing ropes and haul systems. The patient was then airlifted to a regional trauma center for further treatment. The rescue took approximately 6 hours to complete.