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MD Police Rescue Teen After 200 Foot Fall

Delmarva Public Media | By Don Rush
Published April 9, 2015 at 11:59 AM EDT
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CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) - A Maryland State Police helicopter crew helped rescue a man who fell 200 feet from a cliff in western Maryland.
 
The Cumberland Times-News reports that crew members hoisted the 19-year-old into the helicopter Tuesday evening near Wiley Ford, West Virginia, across the Potomac River from Cumberland.
 
He was flown to the Western Maryland Regional Medical Center in Cumberland for treatment.
 
The teen's condition wasn't immediately available Thursday. Police haven't released his name.
 
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Don Rush
Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.
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