YOUNGSTOWN A woman is recovering after being pulled from the Mahoning River by the Youngstown Fire Department and a civilian.

It happened around 12:30 a.m. near the Marshall Street Bridge downtown.

When crews arrived, the woman had already been pulled from the river by a passerby.

Firefighters used a rope and pulley to pull the victim up the snow-covered embankment, across railroad tracks, before lifting her fifteen feet onto the bridge.

Battalion Fire Chief John Lightley says quick action from both the passerby and firefighters helped get the woman to safety.

"Crews did a great job. Got her to an ambulance, and she'll be treated for injuries,” said Lightly. “We don't know how she may have come to be in the water. But thanks to quick thinking by the passersby, as well as good, soli

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