BARNSTABLE – Firefighters were called to a technical rescue situation in the Cummaquid village of Barnstable around 12:30 PM Thursday. A man was reportedly workibg to cut down a tree when he became stuck between two branches. The incident happened on Main Street (Route 6A) near Keaveny Lane. Traffic was tied up in the area until the rescuecwas complete.
About 1:30 PM, it was reported the victim had been brought safely to the ground and was being transported to Cape Cod Hospital for evaluation.
Barnstable Fire reports that At 12:41 PM, they were dispatched for a technical rescue incident involving a person pinned 15’ up in a tree. The duty crew responded in Ambulance 203 and Ladder 206 along with the Chief and Deputy Chief. Upon our arrival they found a 65-year-old male with his right lower leg pinned in a tree by another tree that he had just cut down. The patient was stabilized and after carefully cutting and lifting the fallen tree off him he was able to pull the entrapped leg from the pinch point. The patient was moved from the tree to the tip of aerial ladder and then removed to the stretcher on the ground. He was transported to Cape Cod Hospital with injuries that were considered serious but not life threatening. Hyannis Fire Department responded an engine company and the Barnstable Police Department also had officers on location that assisted Barnstable FD crews at the scene.
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