A man rescued by a rope team suffers a broken leg after falling down a South Ottawa embankment

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A man in his thirties was taken to the hospital with a broken leg after falling on a rocky embankment near Walkley Road and Airport Parkway.

According to the Ottawa Fire Department, at around 7:20 pm on Tuesday, a rescue team called an urban rescue team about a man injured at the bottom of an eight-foot embankment.

The man was awake safely on a stretcher before 8 pm.

Mark Antoine Deshamp, director and spokesman for the Ottawa Paramedic, said the patient was provided with painkillers and was taken to the hospital in a stable condition.

“Overall, someone of that age needs to recover well.”