The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Independence EMS, Montgomery County Rural Fire and Elk City Rural Fire, responded to the Elk City Lake walking trails for a female juvenile that fell roughly 20 to 30 feet down one of the ledges on what is known as the blue trail. Independence EMS along with Montgomery County Deputies were able to locate the child and her mother north of the shell beach area of the trail. EMS, and other rescue personal were able to safely extract the child back down the trail to the ambulance, where she was transported to Labette Health ER in Independence.

Sheriff Wade would like to thank all the agencies involved in making this a smooth and safe rescue and wishes a speedy recovery.