TOQUERVILLE, Utah — A 19-year-old is fighting life-threatening injuries after he fell around 60 feet off a cliff near Toquerville on Sunday.
The Hurricane Valley Fire District says they were called at 9:52 p.m. to the cliff near Ash Creek Drive, in the area southwest of the intersection of Toquerville Parkway and Toquerville Boulevard. When crews arrived, they found the patient and started establishing a high-angle rope system to extricate the victim.
The victim, who hasn't been identified, was life-flighted to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. The circumstances behind the fall are under investigation.