Scott A. Dumas, Police Chief
477 Haverhill Street
Rowley, MA 01969Rowley Fire Department
Chief James C. Broderick
7 Hammond St.
PO Box 281
Rowley, MA 01969
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thurdsay, May 3, 2018
Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: john@jgpr.net
Rowley Police and Fire Respond after Man is Struck by Tree
ROWLEY — Police Chief Scott A. Dumas and Fire Chief James C. Broderick report that the Rowley Police and Fire Departments responded after a tree fell on a resident this morning.
Rescuers responded to a residence on Main Street at 11:18 a.m. for a report of a tree that had fallen on a man as the tree was in the process of being cut down.
The victim, an 81-year-old Rowley man was taken by medical helicopter to a Boston Hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries.
A preliminary investigation indicates that the victim was assisting a neighbor cut down a tree on the neighbor’s property.
The incident is under investigation by the Rowley Police Department and State Police Detectives assigned to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office.
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