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Woman, 68, suffers head injury after falling over 20 feet

Published 1:30 am Friday, June 7, 2024

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First responders bring the woman up a flight of stairs after she fell over 20 feet and suffered a head injury.

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First responders bring the woman up a flight of stairs after she fell over 20 feet and suffered a head injury.

The Poulsbo Fire Department was dispatched June 5 to a 68-year-old woman who suffered a head injury following an over 20-foot fall from a waterfront bulkhead.

First responders stabilized and transported the victim, which required carrying her up approximately 100 feet of stairs from an adjacent property, a news release states. The patient was alert and sent to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for further treatment and evaluation.