PHILIPPI — Two individuals were rescued from the Tygart Valley River in the area of Cove Run late Thursday night, Barbour County officials said.

A man and a woman were injured when they attempted to take a canoe over a section of the Tygart Valley River known as Wells Falls on Thursday, said Dylan Harper, deputy director of the Barbour County Office of Emergency Management.

“The accident happened down on Cove Run at a place they call Anchor Rock or Wells Falls,” Harper said. “Two individuals were injured when they tipped over their canoe going over Wells Falls. One patient was flown by Medivac to Morgantown, while the other was transported by ground.”

Emergency personnel were alerted to the accident at 7 p.m., and the last patient was taken from the scene at approximately 11 p.m., Harper said, noting that first responders battled some ”rough terrain’ while making the rescue.

“It took some time for (first responders) to get back in to where the two individuals were,” Harper said. “It’s some pretty rough terrain in the area the patients were in. It took them some time to get back in there and get them out, but they were successfully able to rescue both.

“The area they were in is the last little stretch of the Tygart Valley River in Barbour County before it dumps into the (Tygart) lake.”

The Philippi Fire Department, Belington Fire Department, Junior Fire Department, Barbour County Sheriff’s Department, West Virginia State Police, Barbour County Ambulance Authority, and West Virginia Division of Natural Resource Police all participated in the rescue.

Officials said no update on the condition of the individuals was available as of press time.