Crime & Safety
Girl Seriously Injured in Sledding Accident at Takoma Park Middle School
Fire and rescue crews were called to a sledding accident behind Takoma Park Middle School.
A young girl was seriously injured in a sledding accident Tuesday at Takoma Park Middle School, reports WTOP.
Montgomery County fire officials were called to the accident on a hill behind the school on Piney Branch Road at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to Montgomery Community Media.
There was no school Tuesday because of the latest snowstorm.
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Fire and rescue crews had to use several hundred feet of rope to rescue the girl from the bottom of the hill.
“The child had serious, believed to be non-life-threatening injuries, and was transported to a local specialty center,” said Beth Anne Nesselt of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.
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The girl is expected to survive her injuries.
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