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Woman rescued after fall on Greenbelt hiking trail

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Ottawa firefighters and paramedics were called to a trail south of a large quarry near Fallowfield Road and Moodie Drive. Sept. 7, 2022. (Ottawa Fire Service/Twitter)

Ottawa paramedics and Ottawa firefighters helped rescue a woman in her 50s who was injured in a fall on a hiking trail in the Greenbelt.

The 9-1-1 call was made around 6:24 a.m. Wednesday from the area of Moodie Drive and Fallowfield Road, south of the Tomlinson quarry and asphalt plant.

The Ottawa Fire Service said in a Twitter thread that dispatchers used the GPS on the 9-1-1 caller’s phone to determine their location, which was just off the trail in Monaghan Forest Park.

Rescuers reached the woman around 7:15 a.m. She was about 100 metres off the trail and had injured her leg.

Firefighters used a basket with an off-road wheel to get the woman back to the trail and take her to a waiting ambulance. Paramedics took her to the hospital in stable condition.

OFS says employees from Tomlinson and Lafarge Canada also helped with the call.