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air evac lands in yard for logging accident

Graham Garland was logging on Wednesday, November 27, near the area of Dorning Road/Cane Creek/Slippery Road, when his boss had to make a call he didn't want to. Garland had cut down two trees, and they got hung up somehow. The skidderman assisted and pulled them down. When he did, it rolled one tree over, uprooting it. Garland was going to quickly grab his saw, but before he could get out of the way, he stepped in a hole, and the tree hit him, breaking his ankle. It broke T-10, L-1 and L-5 in his back. It also broke his ribs, deflating one of his lungs. He is the 20 year old son of Rena and L...

 

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