SURREY, B.C. — A Surrey, B.C., woman is recovering after a terrifying tumble late Tuesday afternoon.
Assistant Fire Chief Chris Keon says the unnamed victim was on a deck at the back of a home in south Surrey when the deck collapsed into the ravine below.
The woman fell about halfway down the 16 metre ravine.
She managed to grab a tree to stop her slide, but Keon says the steep slope complicated the rescue.
A technical team needed ropes to reach the victim, and she was removed on a spine board as a precaution.
She was taken to hospital and Keon says it's expected she will make a full recovery.
