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Ottawa man seriously injured after tree falls and traps him

Ottawa firefighters and paramedics help a man who was trapped under a tree on Flewellyn Road April 25, 2022. (Ottawa Fire Service/Twitter) Ottawa firefighters and paramedics help a man who was trapped under a tree on Flewellyn Road April 25, 2022. (Ottawa Fire Service/Twitter)
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Ottawa paramedics say a man in his 70s is in hospital after being freed from underneath a fallen tree.

First responders were called to a property on Flewellyn Road near Conley and Munster roads in Ottawa's rural southwest at around 1:30 p.m. The man had been cutting a tree when it fell, pinning him to a stump.

Ottawa firefighters helped lift the tree off the man as paramedics treated him at the scene for a shoulder injury.

Once he was safely freed from under the tree, an Ornge air ambulance took him to the hospital in serious but stable condition.

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