HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — The Huntersville Fire Department executed a high-angle rescue Tuesday afternoon.
The incident occurred just before 11 a.m. at a construction site near Alexandriana Road.
Construction workers at the scene helped lift another worker into a crane operated by the fire department.
The fire department then carefully lowered the worker to the ground, where EMS personnel attended to them.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/OHUJDKW77JDOJCY5KOHMKODPKY.jpeg)
Further details have not been released.
*HIGH ANGLE RESCUE UPDATE* The ‘bucket’ portion of Tower 1 allows for a stable, secure platform for patient packaging & transport to ground level & into the hands of @MecklenburgEMS. #OneTownOneTeam #HuntersvilleFD #Tower1 pic.twitter.com/9g9JkYWNmg
— Huntersville Fire (@Huntersville_FD) July 18, 2023
VIDEO: Construction worker rescued from top of crane during massive fire in SouthPark
:quality(70)/d1hfln2sfez66z.cloudfront.net/05-18-2023/t_a40c0bd3b18746bbb9f9874c4594f0b6_name_vlcsnap_2023_05_18_10h32m23s218.png)
©2023 Cox Media Group
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/LH3JSJEF3VBLRJLJQESEAG34AM.png)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/XHY7YKZ4XVEYFOOLMP32GMZVDQ.png)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/HM7LW3E5R6XWE4AHZCVMERKWSM.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/UGKTHEJ4JNAMDMAU3XQ3V6OXAA.jpeg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/PDHK2VF322AJZ4AXE5H7C4CVDU.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/5XPQUJTEBFA45PO5F3H47IACCY.jpeg)