A man is being treated for life threatening injuries after falling from a cliff in Bend. According to Bend Police:
At approximately 11:07 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 27, Bend Police responded to a report of a man who had fallen from an approximately 30-foot cliff in Sawyer Park.
The 911 caller reported he could see the man at the bottom of a cliff at the edge of the Deschutes River, and the victim appeared to have serious injuries. Bend Police requested assistance from Deschutes County Search & Rescue, and two officers were able to reach the man and provide care until Bend Fire & Rescue medics and SAR arrived on scene. The victim, who sustained life-threatening injuries, has not yet been positively identified.
Medics and SAR personnel lifted the victim out of the canyon at approximately 12:09 p.m. He was taken by ambulance to St. Charles Bend. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Bend Police wish to thank Bend Fire & Rescue and Deschutes County Search & Rescue personnel for their assistance.
