MEEKER COUNTY, MINN. – The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office says 44-year-old Rae Kurtz of Darwin, Minnesota, was tubing with a friend near Forest City, Minnesota, when she was swept downstream and pinned against a downed tree. Deputies responded and found her clinging to the tree with only her face and arms above water.
Rescuers were able to reach her by crawling out on the tree, pulling her from the current, and guiding her back to shore with help from Litchfield Rescue’s boat crew. Authorities say Kurtz had managed to call her daughter, who alerted 911. A GPS location from a second call by Kurtz helped pinpoint her location.
Kurtz was treated at the scene, and one deputy was hospitalized for exhaustion.
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