WI: Hunter injured after fall from tree stand

November 5, 2010

Update: Hunter injured after fall from tree stand

BIRNAMWOOD - A 19-year-old man was critically injured Thursday evening after he fell from a tree stand in Birnamwood, according to the Shawano County Sheriff's Department.

An ambulance was called around 6 p.m. to Cherry Lane where Braydin Resch of Birnamwood had fallen about 15 feet, according to a sheriff's department dispatcher.

Resch was conscious and breathing when rescue personnel arrived on scene and Resch was flown by helicopter to a hospital, according to the sheriff's department.

Resch was in critical condition this morning at Aspirus Wausau Hospital, a hospital spokesman said.

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