Multiple agencies rescued a man from the Watauga River. Linville-Central Rescue Squad issued a news release regarding the incident.

On Friday (May 29) agencies in the area of the Watauga River on the west side of Beech Mountain responded to assist a local man that had fallen off a cliff into the river. The individual had taken some serious injuries when he fell.

Officers from Beech Mountain PD were able to access the patient  on the far side of the Watauga River. As other units arrived, a plan to stabilize the patient and successfully extricate them came into focus. A high line was built and used to get the patient to the east side of the river.

Avery EMS took over patient care and transported the patient to to Fall Creek VFD Station 2, where they met a medi-evac helicopter from Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem. Units responding included Linville-Central Rescue Squad, Avery EMS, FallCreek VFD,Cove Creek VFD, Avery County Sheriffs Office, Watauga Emergency Management, Avery Emergency Management , Beech Mtn PD and NC SHP.

[Information and photos courtesy of Linville-Central Rescue Squad]