Victim and a woman were near hiking trail in South Mountain Reservation
MILLBURN -- A 51-year-old South Orange man suffered serious injuries when a tree fell and struck him Thursday afternoon, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura said.
The South Mountain Reservation is seen in this file photo. John O'Boyle/The Star-Ledger The victim and a woman were walking in South Mountain Reservation near a spot known as Painter's Point, an area between the Rahway River and Brookside Drive, when the tree came down, Fontoura said. The sheriff's office was notified around 4:30 p.m.
First-responders from West Orange and Millburn as well as sheriff's officers assisted in the rescue of the man, who had sustained facial and other injuries. The man was taken by helicopter to University Hospital in Newark.
Additional information on the incident or on the man's condition was not immediately available early Thursday evening.
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