4 people clinging to log rescued from Mad River in Clark County

Four people had to be rescued from a fallen tree in the middle of the Mad River Monday, June 13, 2022. Fire departments from the City of Springfield, German Township and Mad River Township responded to the scene where four people had been tubing and became stranded in the swift moving water. German Township and Mad River Township used boats to rescue the victims, who were stranded between Eagle City Road and St. Paris Pike. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

Four people had to be rescued from a fallen tree in the middle of the Mad River Monday, June 13, 2022. Fire departments from the City of Springfield, German Township and Mad River Township responded to the scene where four people had been tubing and became stranded in the swift moving water. German Township and Mad River Township used boats to rescue the victims, who were stranded between Eagle City Road and St. Paris Pike. BILL LACKEY/STAFF
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Updated June 13, 2022
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First responders rescued four people from rising waters in Clark County on the Mad River this afternoon after receiving reports that the four were stranded and unable to make it to safety.

The four people – potentially teenagers or people in their 20s – were stranded on a log.

Inner tubes were seen in the river near the log.

Members of the Springfield Fire and Rescue Division found the stranded people, then worked to get to the other side of the river to get better access to the teens.

The incident happened between Eagle City Road and St. Paris Pike.

German Twp. firefighters also responded in a yellow boat and retrieved two of the people who were stranded.

Mad River Twp. personnel brought a motorized boat to retrieve the two other people.

The river level was up after heavy rain Sunday night.

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Bill Lackey, the Springfield News-Sun photojournalist, has been taking pictures for the News-Sun for over 20 years. He has photographed most of the major events in Clark and Champaign Counties in the past two decades. Bill is a Dayton native and attended Northridge High School. He has a BA from Eastern Kentucky University.