Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue Department, Murfreesboro Police Department, and Rutherford County Special Operations Rescue Team (SORT) responded to a water rescue incident at the Walter Hill Dam around 12:30 Saturday afternoon (2/27/2016).

A woman who had been kayaking, found herself stuck in the middle of the East Fork of the Stones River, just 100 feet from the Walter Hill Dam. Her boat had capsized and she got swept in a current and was caught in thigh-deep waters in a section of trees and limbs in the middle of the river.

Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue Department's Water Rescue team members from District 7 responded to the scene, along with crews from Ladders 6 and 9 and Rescue 9.

Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue Department Firefighter and Water Rescue Team Member Jeremy Spivey and a member of SORT waded through the waters to reach the victim. According to Shift Commander Tim Swann, it was the cooperative efforts of the two agencies that allowed the woman to be safely walked back to shore.

She was transported to the ER at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital to be checked out, but was later released.

Crews have cleared the scene.