A WOMAN has been taken to hospital after falling down a river embankment near Victoria Park.
It is understood that the woman was trying to cut back some overgrown plants beside the River Mersey when the accident happened.
One onlooker said: "She got struck in tree roots. The rowing club sent their motor boat over as a precaution."
Members of Warrington Rowing Club had been out all morning cutting branches and collecting debris on their boat ahead of their regatta next Saturday, July 24.
Two fire engines and a specialist boat were sent to the banks of the River Mersey on Howley Lane following reports that a woman had fallen down the embankment.
Firefighters helped to rescue the woman and handed her to the care of the ambulance service.
Cheshire Police incident force manager Caroline Mullen-Hurst said: "We received a call at 11.53am to say that a female had fallen down the Mersey embankment.
"Fire service was at the scene and she was taken to hospital by ambulance.
"It was a fall, an accident."
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The incident happened near the junction of Holmsfield Road.
Firefighters were at the scene for an hour and 10 minutes.
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