A CONTRACTOR who fell 30ft while trimming trees near overhead power lines is still recovering in hospital more than a week after the incident.
The 28-year-old man was working in woodland near Whitworth Hall Hotel, at Spennymoor, County Durham, for Northern Powergrid when the branch he was resting on snapped.
He fell to the ground, landing underneath the branch, which pinned him to the ground.
Firefighters, paramedics and the Great North Air Ambulance Service attended the scene last Tuesday morning (Tuesday, March 17) and he was airlifted to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough with suspected broken ribs and wrists.
A spokesperson for Northern Powergrid said: “Our contractor is in a stable and comfortable condition in hospital recovering.
"We wish him a speedy recovery.”
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