A Roseburg woman is lucky she was found Thursday afternoon after a bizarre accident.
The woman, who lives in the Riverview Terrace Retirement Center at the corner of Stewart Parkway and Harvard was attempting to cross the bridge over the South Umpqua River towards Stewart Park.
Her motorized wheelchair slipped off the right side of the pedestrian walkway just before entering the bridge.
Firefighters say she and the wheelchair rolled down the embankment into a large grow of blackberries.
Thankfully, a passing motorist saw the chair and stopped to see what was going on. They say the woman was so far into the vines that they couldn't see her, but they heard her calling out for help.
Firefighters had to cut away the berry vines to get to her, and they were able to carry the woman up to the sidewalk.
She was transported to Mercy Medical Center for treatment, and northbound traffic was shut down for about a half hour while the woman was rescued from the berry patch.
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