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2 days ago
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Man falls from cliff while reportedly evading authorities; boat fire could connect him to crimes
Firefighters are revealing new details about the rescue of a man who fell over 40 feet off of cliff while reportedly running from law enforcement in Clark County on Sunday morning. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] As News Center 7 previously reported, the incident happened at the Mad River Gorge and Nature Preserve. Sunday morning, in the dark, deputies were joined by Springfield Police and Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) troopers while looking, unsuccessfully, for a man who ran from a deputy trying to pull him over. Brennen Kumbusky said he found the victim hours later, around 7:30 a.m. 'Ended up hearing this guy yelling, 'Help!' And I was like,' Do you need medical?'' Kumbusky said. TRENDING STORIES: Delta to discontinue longtime non-stop route from Dayton; New flight to replace Bodies of 3 missing sisters found after visit with their father Escaped zebra remains at large after 'wreaking havoc' on busy interstate The man he found lying at the bottom of a cliff didn't want him to call 911 despite having injuries all over his body, including a compound fracture in his leg. 'So he was there for a couple hours, and I don't know if it was just adrenaline that was keeping him going, but a compound fracture,' he described. Kumbusky told News Center 7 that he later learned about everything else that happened. Sheriff's deputies said a vehicle that drove away from one of their deputies was spotted near the park. They asked for help searching, and an OSHP aviation unit spotted a man running down railroad tracks. That same unit then called firefighters after spotting a fire in the woods. They found an abandoned boat that had been set on fire. Its burned-out remains were spotted by News Center 7 on Tuesday. 'Our crews chose to stay away and not enter the area because of the risk of whoever the suspect was, whatever their reason for being there was,' Springfield Fire Chief Jacob King said. As shown on News Center 7 at 5:00, King said the aviation unit called the area safe and clear of people about an hour later. Then, firefighters headed back there carrying extinguishers to douse the flames. 'But none of our apparatus will fit down there,' King explained. 'It's a significantly long distance to walk as well.' Everyone agrees on one thing: the man is lucky to survive. 'When I came up on him, he was freezing,' Kumbusky said. Sheriff's Office investigators that News Center 7 spoke with on Tuesday admitted that now, even 48 hours after the incident, they can't say for sure that the injured man in the hospital is the same person who drove away from the deputy. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
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3 days ago
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Man seriously injured after falling 40 feet into gorge while reportedly running from authorities
Authorities rescued a man who fell off 40 feet off a cliff while reportedly running from law enforcement in Clark County Sunday morning. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] As reported on News Center 7 at 6:00, the incident happened at the Mad River Gorge and Nature Preserve. Brennen Kumbusky found the victim around 7:30 a.m. He lives close to the nature preserve and had to walk more than a mile to find where the screams for help were coming from. TRENDING STORIES: Neighborhood on edge after 2 bodies found on same street days apart Body found in trunk of burning car in Dayton; homicide investigation launched Kettering Health provides update on cyberattack; Internal health records back online 'I'm like, oh brother, I need to get you some medical help, he's like 'Oh, no don't call 911,' I'm like no, I'm calling 911 right now,' Kumbusky said. Kumbusky added that the man had injuries all over his body, including a compound fracture on one leg. However, he didn't understand why the victim was reluctant to help. 'This is where, in his head, if he thought they were out to get him?' Kumbusky said. He said the man had fallen about 40 feet from the rock cliffs into the gorge. News Center 7 confirmed that Clark County Sheriff's Office deputies tried to stop a man for several traffic violations around 2 a.m. on Sunday. The driver took off, and a deputy spotted the empty car near the Mad River Gorge & Nature Preserve. An Ohio State Highway Patrol helicopter and Springfield police responded to the area to help out, according to Clark County Sheriff's Office incident report. Deputies and officers found an abandoned boat that had been set on fire and aviation crews saw a single individual running on foot from the area. The search was called off around 6 a.m. due to the large amount of area to cover and the limited time aviation crews could help out, according to the report. About an hour and a half later, deputies learned that Kumbusky had found a man at the bottom of a cliff in the area of West National Road and U.S. 68. The sheriff's office is working to determine if the injured man they were called to help rescue is the man who ran from them. 'It's part of the process to link or see if any of these things are linked together, see if there's any separation between them, but we're still currently investigating,' Clark County Sheriff's Office Lieutenant Kristopher Schultz said. Schultz and Kumbusky both said this man is lucky to be alive. 'There was a huge rock that was next to him, so if he would have been five feet over it would have been, it would have been bad,' Kumbusky said. News Center 7 will continue to follow this story. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
