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Man injured after fall from trestle

Emergency personnel rescued a man Friday night after he fell off a railroad trestle near Weissport. The incident began just after 8 p.m. when a female reported she witnessed a man fall of the trestle 50 feet to the rocks below. The trestle carries railroad tracks over the Lehigh River. The Lehighton Fire Department responded, bringing the victim to the surface with a Stokes basket and ropes. He was treated at the scene by Lehighton paramedics then flown by helicopter to a Lehigh Valley area trauma center. COPYRIGHT LARRY NEFF/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS