State Police: Woman rescued after falling down 20-foot well in Salem County
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PILESGROVE, N.J. - First responders in Pilesgrove, New Jersey rescued a woman who had fallen down a basement well on Monday.
A New Jersey State Police spokesperson said troopers were called to a home on Woodstown-Daretown Road Monday afternoon for reports that a woman had fallen down a 20-foot well.
Firefighters from the Pennsville Fire Department lowered into the well to retrieve the woman from knee-deep mud. It took first-responders over an hour to remove the lift the woman from the well.
She was airlifted to Christiana Hospital where doctors treated her for non-life-threatening injuries, including a fractured leg.
Authorities have not said how the woman managed to fall down the well.