Water Rescue - Complete - Circle Drive Bridge
For immediate release: April 16, 2019 - 4:35 pm
19-04060
At approximately 2:54 this afternoon, the Saskatoon Fire Department received multiple 911 calls reporting a person in the water near the Circle Drive Bridge.
Two Fire Engines, one Water Rescue Unit, and one Battalion Chief were dispatched for response. Fire Dispatchers worked with the callers on scene to obtain a description and approximate location of the individual for responding water rescue crews. The Water Rescue Unit deployed one boat onto the river for the retrieval of the lone individual.
The individual was transported to hospital with what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries. The Saskatoon Fire Department has concluded its involvement in this incident.