Incident on Housatonic sends one to hospital

ORANGE — One person went to the hospital following an accident on the Housatonic River Sunday afternoon.

According to a post on the Storm Engine ambulance company Facebook page, that company, which is in Derby, was dispatched shortly after 2:30 p.m. to assist Shelton with a water rescue for a party who was injured while using a rope swing on the Orange side of the Housatonic River.

Before personnel made contact with the patient, the post read, units were diverted to the cemetery on Derby Milford Road in Orange and other units were added to the assignment to assist Orange fire, Shelton Ffre, Shelton emergency medical services, and Stratford with extricating the patient through the woods.

The post states that, following the rescue, a 22 year old male was taken Yale New Haven Hospital with minor injuries.

Echo Hose Ambulance out of Shelton also posted on the incident, thanking “all the First Responders and local boaters who assisted with today’s rescue.”

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