Woman Rescued From Hillside Wants Swing Removed

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Courtney Fletcher, 23, of Mt. Lebanon, believes a rope swing has to go.

Fletcher suffered an angular fracture when she fell 8 to 10 feet to the ground on a walking trail in the Walker's Run section of Collier Township nine days ago.

She's the second person who had to be rescued for falling on the same rope swing. Fletcher spoke to KDKA-TV from her bed at Allegheny General Hospital.

"When it happened, I could see bone. It didn't come out of the skin, but the bone popped up and my foot was dangling in the other direction. My foot went into a small hole and cracked in half."

Fletcher's swollen ankle is blistered and is in pins. She's in store for another round of surgery in the coming days.

Fletcher wants the rope cut down so what happened to her won't happen to someone else.

Collier Police Chief Tom Devin says police want the rope down, but since the most recent accident they've learned it's on private property and they are still trying to figure out who owns it.

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