EMS and firemen provide emergency treatment to Clay man
Dozens of fallen and broken trees from ice storm in remote area
Injured man sent to Charleston Area Medical Center
An Asplundh tree trimmer fell about 25 feet from a tree he was cutting. The accident
happened in a remote area near Richardson, along the lower West Fork. The Bickmore,
Clay County man, who was about 40, was life-flighted by HealthNet chopper shortly after
noon today.
He reportedly suffered some serious injuries, likely to the chest, with the possibility of
other internal injuries.
Calhoun EMS and members of the Arnoldsburg VFD quickly responded to an area near
Connolly Hill, accessed by an oil and gas field road. There were dozens of fallen and
broken trees from the February ice storm
The tree trimmers were cutting around an electric company right-of-way on the old George
Duskey farm, not far from Richardson. Other members of the work crew were present
when the man fell, and called 911 at 11:18 a.m.
HealthNet landed in a large meadow which was once the site of the long-gone Village
of Richardson, which once had stores, hotels, mills, blacksmith shop, drug store and a
physician's office.
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