ON May 30, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:27 PM THE PERRY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECEIVED A 911 CALL THAT A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL HAD FALLEN INTO A CONCRETE SPILLWAY DRAINAGE HOLE. THE DRAINAGE HOLE IS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET OUT INTO THE WATERSHED. THE 10 YR OLD GIRL FELL ABOUT 40 FEET AND IT IS BELEVIED THAT THE 10YEAR OLD GIRL MAY HAVE BROKEN A LEG AND SUFFERED A CONCUSION.
DEPUTY JUSTIN BURNETT RESPONDED TO THE CALL. DEPUTY BURNETT AND ART GIBBONS, A CHERRY HILL VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTER SWAM OUT TO THE DRAINAGE. THEY LOWERED A BACKBOARD DOWN TO A RESPONDER WHO PUT THE LITTLE GIRL ON THE BACKBOARD AND SHE WAS PULLED TO SAFETY. SHE WAS MET BY MEDICS AND WAS MEDFLIGHTED TO ARKANSAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL.
RESPONDING AGENCIES WERE THE PERRY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, ARKANSAS STATE POLICE, HOLLIS FIRE DEPT., NIMROD FIRE DEPT., CHERRY HILL FIRE DEPT., HOUSTON FIRE DEPT., JESSIEVILLE FIRE DEPT., AND THE U.S. FORESTRY.
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