Shreveport worker dangling from gear rescued from tree after limb fell and hit him

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – A worker was rescued from a tree Friday afternoon (May 8) by crews with the Shreveport Fire Department.

SFD says it got a call around noon that a tree service worker was injured and hanging from a tree by his safety rigging. When crews got to the home on Hillside Avenue between Edgefield and Ridgefield drives, they found that the worker was injured, but conscious.

A ladder truck was used to get the worker out of the tree…

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