Woman falls down trash chute

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DUNWOODY, Ga., March 12 (UPI) -- Emergency responders in Georgia said they rescued a woman who fell down her apartment's garbage chute while trying to retrieve her dropped cellphone.

Dunwoody police said rescue crews responded to the Gables Metropolitan apartments Sunday when the woman fell while trying to reach down the chute for her phone and ended up stuck between the first and second floors of the building, WSB-TV, Atlanta, reported Monday.

DeKalb County Fire Department rescuers said they moved the building's trash compacter, which was blocking the woman from falling the rest of the way down the chute, and retrieved her before she hit the ground.

The woman was taken to a local hospital for treatment.