Crews rescue seriously injured tree worker trapped 100 feet up

Injured worker airlifted to hospital after becoming trapped in tree in Central Mass.

A tree worker was airlifted to a hospital Wednesday morning after becoming seriously injured and trapped in a tree in Southborough, according to the town’s fire department.Around 10:20 a.m., a 911 caller reported that a worker doing tree work on Pinecone Lane was trapped in a tree, the Southborough Fire Department wrote in a press release. First responders found the injured worker approximately 100 feet up in the tree.

Crews rescue seriously injured tree worker trapped 100 feet up

A worker trapped about 100 feet up in a Southborough tree was rescued and airlifted to a trauma center with serious injuries.

Mass. firefighters rescue injured tree worker trapped 100 feet up

Southborough firefighters used technical rescue skills to free the injured man from a tree before he was airlifted to a hospital