Woman rescued after 40-foot fall from Lookout Mountain

Covenant College sets along the western facing bluff of Lookout Mountain.
Covenant College sets along the western facing bluff of Lookout Mountain.

A woman who fell some 40 feet onto a Lookout Mountain ledge has been rescued alive, according to Dade County officials.

The unidentified female slid down the cliff and was able to land on a ledge to avoid falling another 60 to 90 feet down the mountain, Case said.

"She was lucky," said Alex Case, emergency services director for Dade County.

The woman was able to assist in her own rescue when first responders approached her position, he said.

Multiple agencies responded to the emergency, including Dade County Mountain Rescue, the cave and cliff teams from Walker County and Hamilton County, and other local agencies.

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