Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
A contractor working on utility infrastructure was injured in a Tuesday afternoon accident.
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Police officers, firefighters, and ambulance crews were dispatched just past 3 p.m. to a wooded area between the Middletown Country Club and North Pine Street/Langhorne-Newtown Road (Route 413) for a reported injury. The incident happened near the border between Middletown Township and Langhorne Borough.
Langhorne-Middletown Fire Company Chief Frank Farry said a piece of equipment malfunctioned and hit a contractor in the face, causing a serious injury.
The incident happened in an area that was hard to access, Farry said.
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Using a police car, crews were able to get to the injured man from the scene in the woods and transport him to a waiting Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad ambulance, Farry said.
The worker was taken to St. Mary Medical Center as a trauma patient, the chief said.
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In addition to the Langhorne-Middletown Fire Company and Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad, the Middletown Township Department of Fire and Emergency Services, Langhorne Borough police, and Middletown Township police were at the scene.
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