COWLEY COUNTY —A Kansas man is recovering from injuries in an accident in Cowley County.
Just before 5p.m. Saturday, Arkansas City Fire/EMS responded to a call involving a 37-year-old man who was injured in a fall while trimming a tree in the 600 block of North C Street, according to a media release.
The man fell an estimated 30 to 35 feet from the tree. He sustained non-life-threatening injuries to his lower legs and lower back. Because the incident occurred about four blocks from the Fire/EMS station, responders transported the patient to the Arkansas City Fire/EMS Department, where an open field adjacent to the station was used for the EagleMed air ambulance landing.
EagleMed then assumed care, and the patient was airlifted to Wichita for further medical evaluation and treatment.