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- Authorities say a woman has had to be rescued from a garbage chute at a Hudson Valley apartment building after she fell in head-first
- Emergency crews were called to the Heritage Point Apartments Thursday after residents of the senior rental community heard a woman screaming
- Officials say crews found a woman stuck in a trash chute between the second, third floors; She was taken to an area hospital for treatment
Authorities say a woman has had to be rescued from a garbage chute at a Hudson Valley apartment building after she fell in head-first.
Fire department officials in the Dutchess County hamlet of Staatsburg tell the Poughkeepsie Journal that emergency crews were called to the Heritage Point Apartments around 7:30 a.m. Thursday after residents of the senior rental community heard a woman screaming.
Officials say crews found a woman stuck in a trash chute between the second and third floors.
She was removed from the chute about 40 minutes later.
Officials say she was taken to Vassar Brothers Medical Center for treatment.
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