A woman was rescued after falling in Pipers Lagoon Park this past weekend.
On Sunday at 3:00 p.m., Nanaimo Fire Rescue got a report of a woman between her 40s and 50s falling 40 to 50 feet from the top of the cliffs on the northeast corner of the park’s main beach.
The Fire department’s high angle rescue team, BC Ambulance and RCMP were sent to the scene, where according to Assistant Chief of operations Troy Libbus, they found her conscious, but very injured at the bottom of the cliffs.
“At that time, we determined that the rope rescue team wasn’t needed, but we needed personnel and equipment to get her out, get her to the ambulance, which would take her to air ambulance,” said Libbus.
He says once air ambulance was dispatched, the team was able to get the woman out of the site, and she has been taken to the hospital.
The woman suffered multiple fractures, and after the fall, she went unconscious, with Libbus adding when fire rescue got to her, she was conscious again.
He encourages residents to always be careful around rock enclosures when hiking, and to either let someone know where you are hiking or have a hiking partner with you.
