Teen rescued from hillside along McKnight Road

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A teen was rescued after being trapped on a hillside in Ross Township on Tuesday.

Emergency crews were on the scene at a hillside above the U-Haul in the 4700 block of McKnight Road.

Channel 11 was there for the entire rescue as firefighters and emergency medical technicians from Westview and Ross Township used a rope system and stokes basket in the rescue.

It took about 20 minutes for first responders to cut away the brush and stabilize the girl.

A U-Haul employee told Channel 11 he heard a female screaming for help and crawled up the snowy hillside to help, but ended up calling 911.

She was brought to safety and taken to a hospital for evaluation. She was alert at the time of the rescue.

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