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Man airlifted from Beavertail State Park after falling off embankment


Rescue swimmers from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management assisted in the rescue of a man in the ocean at Beavertail State Park. DEM said the man fell from an embankment, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (Department of Environmental Management.){ }
Rescue swimmers from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management assisted in the rescue of a man in the ocean at Beavertail State Park. DEM said the man fell from an embankment, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (Department of Environmental Management.)
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A multi-agency effort was underway at Beavertail State Park on Thursday where authorities say a park patron fell from an embankment.

Department of Environmental Management spokesperson Mike Healey said the agency received a call shortly before 5 p.m. for a missing person or person in danger.

Lt. Chris Duguid with DEM told NBC 10 that a Jamestown Fire Department drone was used to locate the man in his 50s. The man was spotted around 50 feet below the embankment.

Due to the steepness and rockiness of the embankment, rescuers could not reach the man by foot. One Jamestown fire rescue and two DEM rescue instead went out in the ocean by boat to get to him safety.

Healey said the man was seriously injured and hypothermic from being in the water for a long time. He was med-flighted to Rhode Island Hospital around 8 p.m.

Duguid said the entire park was closed for a few hours to ensure the helicopter had a safe place to land.

NBC 10's Leanna Faulk contributed to this report.

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