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Monday, February 14, 2011

Difficult Rescue Carried Out On West Side

The Fire Department making a dramatic rescue yesterday afternoon in a remote are of Dominion Park.

Four teenagers became stranded in a remote area of the park with one of them suffering a seizure.

District Fire Chief Eric Garland says a specially equipped all terrain vehicle had to be used to make its way through deep snow to reach the teens. They were located through the use of cellphones and G-P-S coordinates.

The teenager who suffered the seizure was showing signs of hypotermia before being taken to hospital.