{"id":810,"date":"2026-08-06T15:20:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/08\/06\/teen-jumps-from-bridge-only-to-land-on-her-back-on-the-rocks-below-prompting-emergency-rescue\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:20:30","slug":"teen-jumps-from-bridge-only-to-land-on-her-back-on-the-rocks-below-prompting-emergency-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/08\/06\/teen-jumps-from-bridge-only-to-land-on-her-back-on-the-rocks-below-prompting-emergency-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Jumps from Bridge, Only to Land on Her Back on the Rocks Below, Prompting Emergency Rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The teen was conscious, but unable to move when first responders got to her<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/r75u9WKNKhjIwqexMMj3S4_QGMs=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/Teen-rescue-rainbow-folsom-080626-tout-dd43a8a19d764d53b3b5e86d47b681fb.jpg\" alt=\"A teenage girl was rescued after she jumped from a bridge in Northern California and landed on her back on a rock on Wednesday, Aug. 5.Credit: Getty; Folsom Fire Department\/Facebook\" title=\"Teen rescued after jumping from Rainbow Bridge in Folsom\" \/><figcaption><i>A teenage girl was rescued after she jumped from a bridge in Northern California and landed on her back on a rock on Wednesday, Aug. 5.<br \/>Credit: Getty; Folsom Fire Department\/Facebook<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A teen required an emergency rescue after she jumped from a bridge in Folsom, Calif., only to land on her back on the rocks below on Aug. 5<\/li>\n<li>The young woman was with a group of other people who were making the jump when she became injured, according to reports<\/li>\n<li>Officials urge people not to jump from the bridge and to heed warning signs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A teenage girl was rescued after she jumped from a bridge in Northern California and landed on her back on the rocks below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Aug. 5, around 4:50 p.m. local time, first responders were dispatched following requests for a water rescue near Rainbow Bridge at Greenback Lane in Folsom, the Folsom Fire Department said in an <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/19HjLEr1zB\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">alert<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFire crews received reports of an injured individual on the rocks along the north side of the river after jumping from Rainbow Bridge,\u201d the agency said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The victim, believed to be an 18- or 19-year-old woman, was with a group of other young people who were jumping from the bridge into Lake Natoma when the incident occurred, local <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sacramento\/news\/teen-rescued-jumping-rainbow-bridge-folsom-lake-natoma\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">CBS station KOVR<\/a><strong> <\/strong>and <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/goldmountaincanews.com\/news\/372150\/teenage-girl-injured-rescued-after-jumping-off-rainbow-bridge\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gold Mountain California News Media<\/a> reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The teen was conscious and able to communicate, but could not move when first responders reached her, according to KOVR.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rescue team included Engine 36, Battalion Chief 15, Boat 35, and Medic 35, the fire department said.<\/p>\n<p>Through their coordinated efforts, they transported the patient on Boat 35 across the river to a boat launch. From there, the victim was treated by emergency personnel before being taken to a local hospital for further care.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the extent of the teen\u2019s injuries isn\u2019t known, fire officials told KOVR. She has not been identified at this time.<\/p>\n<p>The Folsom Fire Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE\u2019s inquiry about the victim\u2019s current condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\">PEOPLE\u2019s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Beck, an official with the Folsom Fire Department, told Gold Mountain that people have previously jumped from the bridge, despite multiple warning signs posted in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, people jump from the bridge, leading to injuries and rescue operations. While the rocks below the bridge pose their own risk, jumpers can also receive a shock from the cold water, the outlet reported.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The teen was conscious, but unable to move when first responders got to her A teenage girl was rescued after she jumped from a bridge in Northern California and landed on her back on a rock on Wednesday, Aug. 5.Credit: Getty; Folsom Fire Department\/Facebook NEED TO KNOW A teen required an emergency rescue after she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything-else"],"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"1":{"name":"Everything Else","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/category\/everything-else\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}