PITTSBURGH — A woman was rescued after going over a hillside above the Parkway East on Tuesday morning.
Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Lawn and Hamlet streets in South Oakland at around 5:20 a.m.
Public safety officials said the woman, who was about 100 feet down the hillside, was pulled up using a “rope rescue technique.”
Pittsburgh District Fire Chief Fred Caprio said the woman was by herself and was the one who placed the 911 call.
It’s currently unknown how she ended up over the hillside.
The woman was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
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