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Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:22 AM

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Crews Respond To Woman Yelling For Help In Little River Saturday in Blount County near Townsend

 Crews responded to a woman yelling for help in the Little River Saturday, according to Blount County dispatch.

Dispatchers say crews responded to the Mountaineer Campground in Townsend, where a woman called 911 after seeing another woman in distress in the river just before 5:00.

Investigators said the woman was pulled from the water and was not injured.