Updated: June 5, 3:20 p.m.
It took 17 firefighters from three stations to rescue a man trapped in a tunnel on Junction Creek in the city’s downtown core this afternoon.
First responders were called to the scene on around 12:24 p.m. by way of a 911 call.
Platoon Chief Mike Valiquette said EMS received a call for rescue on Junction Creek at Lloyd Street and Notre Dame Avenue/Paris Street.
“Upon arrival we found a man trapped on the edge of the creek, inside the tunnel, hanging on so as to not being swept down the fast flowing water,” Valiquette said in a news release.
The Greater Sudbury Fire Service water rescue team entered the water and got to the victim, he said. The firefighters managed to get him onto a rescue board and move him safely back to shore.
He was loaded into an ambulance and transported to hospital.
There’s no word yet on how or why the man was in the water, or the state of his injuries, if he has any.
Sudbury.com will update this story as new information becomes available.
Original story:
Not much is known at the moment about why first responders had to rescue a man from the waters of Junction Creek today.
What is known is that fire trucks, ambulances and police were parked near the intersection of Elm Street and Notre Dame Avenue during the noon hour.
Neither the Greater Sudbury Police nor Greater Sudbury Fire Services could say why someone phoned 911 to report the man in the creek, nor could they say at the moment why he needed rescuing.
Platoon Chief Mike Valiquette said he would be releasing more information later on today once he has it.
All he could say was the man was reported to be in the creek in need of assistance. Rescuers were able to get him to shore, on to a stretcher and into an ambulance bound for Health Sciences North.
The man is alive, but other than that his condition is unknown.
Sudbury.com will update this story.
