LONE ROCK — Authorities say a Louisiana man is lucky to be alive after falling about 50 feet from a bluff at a national forest in Arkansas.
Lone Rock Volunteer Fire Department Chief Dale Bonnett tells the Baxter Bulletin the man slipped and fell Friday in the Sylamore District of Ozark National Forest. He broke bones in his arm, leg and face.
The 23-year-old man's name wasn't released and his condition is unclear. A call to the department by the Associated Press on Monday wasn't immediately returned.
Bonnett says the victim was with a group of men who were camping. He says another man in the group is a Baton Rouge firefighter and stabilized the victim until responders arrived.