FAYETTEVILLE -- A 19-year-old man fell about 25 feet off Yellow Rock Bluff in Devil's Den State Park on Sunday afternoon, according to the Washington County Department of Emergency Management.
He was free climbing the bluff when he fell about 2 p.m., officials said. They did not identify the man.
Emergency response personnel said the man had several injuries and was taken by helicopter to a local hospital.
A joint response team from emergency management, the sheriff's office, Central EMS, AirEvac and Arkansas State Parks rescued the man.
Personnel from the Round Mountain Volunteer Fire Department and the Washington County Urban Search and Rescue Team set up a high-angle rescue system to raise and lower people at the site. One emergency responder was lowered about 100 feet to the man.
The man was secured and raised to the overlook. He was evacuated by a utility vehicle to a location where he could be flown out by AirEvac.
Metro on 11/19/2019