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2 people rescued by Tacoma fire crews after car goes over embankment

Two people were rescued by Tacoma fire crews Wednesday afternoon after their car went over an embankment.

Tacoma Fire Department officials reported the incident on Twitter at about 4:15 p.m. Crews performed a low-angle rope rescue in the 6600 block of North Marinera Street, a residential road west of Vassault Park.

No one was injured when the car went off the road and over the embankment, landing in a wooded area, fire crews said. It’s not clear how the crash occurred.

Crews reported that both people had been safely brought up the slope at about 4:40 p.m.

Crews from Tacoma Fire Department rescued two people Wednesday afternoon after their car went over an embankment near the 6600 block of North Marinera Street.
Crews from Tacoma Fire Department rescued two people Wednesday afternoon after their car went over an embankment near the 6600 block of North Marinera Street. Tacoma Fire Department

This story was originally published January 20, 2022 at 8:52 AM.

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Peter Talbot is a criminal justice reporter for The News Tribune. He started with the newspaper in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at NPR in Washington, D.C. He also interned for the Oregonian and the Tampa Bay Times. Support my work with a digital subscription
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