Crime & Safety
Acton Man Seriously Injured While Cutting Tree Limb
According to a report in the Lowell Sun, the 74-year-old man fell off of a ladder.
An Acton man was taken by helicopter to a Boston hospital over the weekend after he fell off a ladder while cutting a tree limb.
The Lowell Sun reported that the man suffered injuries to his head, neck and back after the fall on Taylor Road.
According to the newspaper, the 74-year-old man was cutting the tree at his children's home when a second tree limb fell, landed on him and knocked him off the ladder on onto the ground.
Click here to read the Lowell Sun report on the incident in its entirety.
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