Rescue teams called to Heidelberg Materials quarry; man flown to hospital
DERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
One person was flown to the hospital on Wednesday evening after a rock collapse at a quarry in Westmoreland County.
According to WTAE’s news partners at the Trib, first responders were called to the Heidelberg Materials Torrance Quarry in Derry Township around 6 p.m. when a rockslide left a man’s arm pinned.
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A special response medical team that specializes in mine-related rescues was called in from Blairsville to help free the man, who was taken to the hospital by medical helicopter.
No information about the patient’s condition was available.
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