Man airlifted after suffering serious injury from falling tree in Thurston Co.
A man believed to be in his 40s was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon after part of a tree fell and hit him in the head, a Lacey Fire District 3 official said.
Lacey fire crews and police were dispatched about 1:30 p.m. to the 3400 block of Ruddell Road Southeast.
Battalion Chief Pat Harn said the man was taking down some trees on a vacant lot when the tree fell on him. He described the injuries as “pretty significant,” he said.
As a result, a helicopter landed at nearby Rainier Vista Park in Lacey and the man was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, he said.
Further information was not immediately available.
Rolf Boone
The Olympian