A person fell from a sheer cliff overlooking Franklin Boulevard early Sunday, Nov. 1, Eugene Springfield Fire said in a social media post.

Fire personnel responded just before 1:30 a.m. to a 911 call reporting a person had fallen an estimated 50 feet from Birch Lane in Eugene.

The caller told authorities they and the person who fell had been walking when the person slipped and fell down to a roadside area near Franklin Boulevard, between Walnut Street and Interstate 5.

Fire personnel arrived to find the person in blackberry bushes behind fencing attached to a jersey barrier. 

The person sustained multiple bone fractures and potentially life threatening injuries, Eugene Springfield Fire said. After cutting through portions of fencing, the person was taken to a hospital by ambulance about 23 minutes after the initial arrival of fire personnel, according to Eugene Springfield Fire.