SEDGWICK COUNTY —A firefighter paramedic was injured in an accident at a home in Wichita.
On Sunday Wichita Fire Department Squad 11 was dispatched to a reported medical call in the 1800 block of S. Madison, according to a social media report from the fire department. The patient had fallen while cutting a tree.
While tending to the patient, part of the tree broke free and dropped into the area where firefighter paramedics were assessing the patient.
One of the firefighters was able to move a medic student away from the impacted area to safety, as a second firefighter shielded the patient from being struck.
It is estimated that the piece of tree that struck the firefighter and one medic weighted approximately 150 pounds and fell approximately 25 feet. The patient, medic and firefighter were all transported for evaluation. Please keep them all in your prayers.