NEWPORT, KY — A man was injured after he fell into a river in Northern Kentucky on Thursday.
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Newport fire and medics responded around 9:20 a.m. to River City Metals in Newport, Kentucky, on a report that a man fell into the river, according to a social media post.
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Fire chief Frank Peluso told our news partner, WCPO in Cincinnati, that the man was alert and conscious when he was transported to a Cincinnati-area hospital.
Newport Fire and EMS said in a social media post that the icy water prevented rescue boats from accessing the patient.
The department posted a photo showing a construction crane tipped over, with its claw resting on a barge.
The man was in the water for 40 minutes, the post said.
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