POOLER, Ga. — A woman and her dog were rescued Sunday night after falling into a construction pit.
According to Pooler Fire Rescue, the woman and another person were traveling on a golf cart when one of their dogs got off the cart and disappeared down an embankment and into a construction pit 90 feet deep.
The woman tried to get her dog but also fell down the embankment and into the pit.
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When crews arrived, the woman was conscious and communicating at the bottom of the pit, but was unable to move.
Firefighters constructed a mechanical advantage rope rescue system to rescue the woman and her dog.
A rescuer was lowered into the pit and was able to hoist them out.
The woman was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Neither of the dogs were injured.
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