Fire crews respond to a car down an embankment in Elizabethtown

ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C. (WECT) - Fire crews rescued a person from a car that crashed down an embankment in Elizabethtown on Wednesday morning.

According to the Elizabethtown Fire Department (EFD), the Lisbon Volunteer Fire Department requested help for a car down an embankment at around 8 a.m. on June 11.

EFD says crews used a picket system and stoke basket to remove the driver from the car, and the car was removed from the embankment.

The driver was transported to Bladen County Emergency Services and then transferred to an emergency facility.