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ST. GEORGE — Firefighters responded to a teen who was stuck in the mud in the Virgin River in Bloomington Monday evening.
Station 8 firefighters in the SunRiver area received the call around 7:30 p.m. and were sent to a part of the Virgin River north of where Brigham Road connects to the trail along the south side of the river.
What firefighters found was a teen boy whose legs were stuck in the muck beneath the surface and could not get out.
St. George Fire Battalion Chief Tyler Talbot said he wasn't sure how the boy got stuck in the river, whether he was "playing around" or got stuck in a patch of quicksand. Whatever the case, a handful of firefighters and Gold Cross Ambulance medics worked to dig and pull the boy out as either friends or family members watched.
Read the full article and see video of the rescue at St. George News.
