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Feb 2024
Last Updated: 04/02/2024
Tree surgeon taken to hospital after fall near Pateley Bridge
Emergency services were called to a village near Pateley Bridge yesterday to help a tree surgeon who had fallen from a tree.
Firefighters from Ripon were called to assist paramedics at Wilsoll at 5.28pm.
They helped to lift the man from the open into an ambulance.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service's incident report said
"A male tree surgeon aged in his 20s had fallen from a tree he was cutting.
"He was transported to hospital with suspected C spine injuries."
No further details have been released.
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