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Mom and kid survive 40-meter fall in ravine

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-06-29 13:27

OTTAWA: A young mother and her two-year-old daughter survived a 40-meter fall down an almost vertical ravine nearly unscathed in the western Canadian province of Alberta, Canadian media reported Sunday.

Firefighters scooped the pair out of the Blackmud Creek ravine in provincial capital Edmonton Saturday evening, according to the newspaper "Edmonton Sun".

The area is lined with walking paths. It is not known how the mom and tot fell down the bank. The mom was uninjured and the child escaped with minor cuts.

A fire official described the bank as "nearly 90 degrees." "We came and they were just sitting at the bottom of the ravine," he said.

The toddler was strapped to a child-sized backboard and pulled out of the ravine by firefighters.

The mother was seen walking around, but was later strapped to a backboard. Both were taken to hospital for examination.