White County officials on Monday rescued a woman who spent more than a day trapped in mud near the Little Wabash River.
Thirty-nine-year-old Amy Chitwood of Carmi was rescued after a fisherman contacted police Sunday about what he thought was a dead body on the river bank.
Responders found Chittwood thigh-deep in mud. She had injured her hip and couldn't free herself, but she was conscious and alert, officials said.
"I wasn't sure what I was looking at. I saw the officers there and then I saw the woman move and then I was like, 'OK, this just got real,'" EMT Adam Allen told WSIL-TV, adding that it took crews about half an hour to free her.
Chittwood was treated at an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
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