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Man rescued after vehicle ends up in Wash. creek

Television news footage showed firefighters orchestrating elaborate rescue to haul man up to medics late Friday afternoon

The Associated Press

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Rescuers in the south Seattle suburb of Federal Way have pulled a man from a vehicle that ran off a road, plunged down a ravine and wound up in a creek.

Television news footage showed firefighters orchestrating an elaborate rescue to haul the man up to medics late Friday afternoon. KIRO-TV reports the car’s occupant was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

The cause of the crash in the Peasley Canyon area near State Highway 18 is under investigation.