Rescuers respond to Slip Accident

A visitor to Oconee County’s scenic Yellow Branch Falls north of Walhalla slipped Saturday afternoon and wound up at the bottom. Rescuers made their way a mile and a half in to treat the woman and then carry her out. Members of the Walhalla and Mountain Rest Rescue, Oconee County Emergency Services, and Oconee Memorial Hospital EMS spent two hours on the call.