CBS DFW
LAKE WORTH, Texas — A firefighter was hurt early Friday morning while rescuing a man who fell about 40 feet down an embankment at Lake Worth. It happened at about 6:00 a.m. in the 8300 block of Cahoba Drive, on the east shore of the lake.
Emergency crews with the Fort Worth Fire Department and MedStar were trying to reach the man and get him back up to the roadway above. The victim was reportedly walking along the road with another person when he slipped down the steep slope.
The victim was said to be in critical condition, unconscious with multiple fractures. He was carried to Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth by air ambulance.
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