GENESEO – On Tuesday afternoon, an 18-year-old female hiker from Fairport was transported to Strong Hospital with non life threatening injuries after she fell at the Fall Brook Water Falls in the Town of Geneseo. According to a press release from Livingston County Undersheriff Matthew Bean, four females from the Fairport and Penfield area were hiking on a path down the gorge when one of them, Courtney A. Leverett, lost her footing. Courtney … [Read more...]
Rope Rescue for Teen Hiker at Fallbrook
GENESEO – First responders completed a daring and tedious rope rescue at Fallbrook Falls on Rte. 63 in Geneseo Tuesday afternoon. An 18-year-old female from Fairport reportedly fell 20 feet into the Fallbrook gorge close to Rte. 63 at about 3 p.m. on Tuesday, and first responders spent the next 90 minutes pulling her back up the steep, wooded slope to the ambulance on a stretcher. "It was a 90 minute rescue," said Geneseo Fire Chief Andrew … [Read more...]