Police said they were dealing with "hazardous terrain and conditions" during the rescue.
A woman was seriously injured but is expected to survive after falling 75 feet down a cliff face in Greenbrook Sanctuary in Tenafly in Bergen County, officials said.
Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department tweeted at 5:43 p.m. Saturday that officers called upon East Bergen rappel teams to help get the woman out of the area at Greenbrook Falls. They said they were dealing with “hazardous terrain and conditions.”
PO Clancy reporting a female victim with serious but non life threatening injuries after falling 75 feet down the Greenbrook Falls. East Bergen rappel teams removing the victim now. pic.twitter.com/cpu3Rl6o20
— ParkwayPolice (@ParkwayPolice) June 23, 2018
A medical helicopter was also called. Police said the woman’s injuries were not life-threatening.
Police did not release any other details about the woman, and a dispatcher said no one was available to speak to the media Saturday.
It’s not the first time Palisades Interstate Parkway police have been called on to help rescue hikers.
In the last eight months, the force has helped six people out of the sanctuary. Two women who said they could not walk out on their own were removed by boat in April, and four people who were trapped on a cliff were rescued in November, according to the department’s press releases.
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