Austin firefighters roped a woman out of Shoal Creek
A caller reported a woman swept into the creek on West Avenue, screaming for help. Firefighters rappelled on a rope tied to a ladder and pulled her out. She went to the hospital with minor injuries and has been discharged.
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Just after 5:39 a.m. Tuesday, Austin firefighters went to the 400 block of West Avenue after a report that a woman had been swept into Shoal Creek and was screaming for help, KVUE reported. They found her tangled among trees. Crews used a rope attached to a ladder, rappelled down, and pulled her from the water around 6:12 a.m.
Austin-Travis County EMS took her to Dell Seton Medical Center with minor injuries. She has since been discharged. The report does not give her name, and it does not say how she ended up in the creek.
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