SOUTHBOROUGH – A tree worker was seriously injured Wednesday morning after becoming trapped high above the ground while working at a property on Pinecone Lane.
The Southborough Fire Department responded around 10:30 a.m. and found the injured worker approximately 100 feet up in a tree. Fire officials called in the Marlborough Fire Department’s aerial ladder truck along with the District 14 Technical Rescue Team to assist.
Rescuers were able to lower the worker safely to the ground before he was flown to a regional trauma center. Officials say the entire rescue operation was completed within about 20 minutes of the original 911 call.
