A man was hospitalized after falling several feet out of a tree shortly before 1 p.m. July 14 in the 9200 block of 227th Street Court North in Forest Lake.
The man’s name has not been released, though he is from Hector and in his mid-40s. According to the Forest Lake Police Department, the man, who may have been involved in a tree service company, fell roughly 30 feet, and when emergency personnel were called, he was unconscious and gurgling. By the time personnel arrived, the man had regained consciousness, and a requested airlift was cancelled.
The man was disoriented, suggesting a possible concussion, and he had abrasions and contusions to the left side of his head and collar. He was taken by ambulance to North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale.