Fire Fighters Rescue Motorcyclist From Steep Embankment

Fire fighters rescue motorcyclist from steep embankment

Fire fighters performed a rope rescue for a motorcyclist who had tumbled down a slope on Wardner Fort Steele Rd. on Aug. 4

Firefighters rope rescue injured motorcyclist | Cranbrook, East Kootenay, Elk Valley

Members of the Jaffray and Elko Fire Departments responded to a single vehicle incident on Wardner Fort Steele Road this morning (August 4). Eleven members responded with five pieces of apparatus after a motorcyclist hit gravel, left the roadway and went down a steep embankment. Firefighters completed a rope rescue and the patient was transported by BC Ambulance to East Kootenay Regional Hospital for assessment and treatment. RCMP also attended …