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Today around, 11:00 a.m., Marion County Deputies, a U.S. Forest Service Ranger and fire personnel were called after a 64 year old Florida man fell some fifty feet down an embankment into Henline Creek. The man was hiking with his son on the Henline Falls Trail near the North Fork road in the Willamette National Forest when he fell.
Rescue crews from Gates Fire, Stayton Fire, Salem Fire and Lyons Ambulance hiked in approximately one mile and extracted the male from the creek. In all twenty emergency responders assisted in the rescue. The man was transported to the Santiam Hospital for treatment of his injuries.