California woman rescued after being swept down Kern River rapids

A woman was pulled to safety after falling into California’s Kern River and being carried downstream by the fast-moving current, in a rescue that was captured on dramatic video over the weekend. First responders found her partially submerged beneath a rock outcropping near a steep cliff before using a life jacket and rescue rope to bring her out of the water.The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said the rescue unfolded on Saturday, July 25, around 3:50 p.m., after a citizen flagged down a park ranger near mile marker 15 on Highway 178 in the Kern River Canyon, outside Bakersfield. The witness reported that a woman had fallen into the river and was swept away by the current.How the rescue happenedAfter the initial report came in, the park ranger called for help and the sheriff’s office sent an air support crew to search the river corridor.