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Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue crews responded to a crash in the Joy Lake area early Sunday morning that required a low-angle rope rescue.

The crash happened around 12:30 a.m. Crews safely removed the driver from the vehicle before building a hauling system between two fire engines to pull them back up to the road.

The driver was taken to the hospital by REMSA. Their current condition has not been released.