Man suffers head injury falling from ladder in Oswestry
A man was airlifted to hospital after falling approximately nine feet from a ladder in Oswestry today.
The Midlands Air Ambulance was called to the scene after a 65 year old man was found lying unconscious on a concrete floor after falling around nine feet from the top of a step ladder.
The incident happened on Cabin Lane at around 1.20pm this afternoon, its beleived the man had been cutting a hedge at the time of his fall.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said:
“Crews gave the man oxygen to regain his consciousness and found he had suffered a head injury and cuts and bruises to other parts of his body. The man was given pain relief and immobilised with a neck collar and spinal board as a precaution due to the length of the fall.
“The man was transferred to the awaiting air ambulance, which had landed on the carriageway of a main road nearby, before being airlifted to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for further assessment and treatment.”
