First responders pulled two people from the Potomac River Friday afternoon, according to radio transmissions.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service crews (MCFRS) were dispatched shortly after 4 p.m. in the area of Purple Horse Beach/Anglers Boat Ramp for a report of a “child caught in the rapids” and then a report of a second person in the water, according to social media posts from MCFRS spokesperson David Pazos and radio transmissions.
Both people were pulled from the river within minutes of the initial reports and taken by boat to the boat launch across from Old Angler’s Inn in Potomac, according to radio transmissions. Pazos said on social media that one man was quickly rescued and is being transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The child is in police custody, according to Pazos.
It has been a busy afternoon on the river for the county’s first responders. Around 12:30 p.m. crews were dispatched to an open 911 line in the area of Van Deventer Island. No caller was found, according to radio transmissions. At 3:15 p.m. first responders were dispatched to Hermit Island to help stranded boaters get safely back to land, according to radio transmissions.
