Landing Zone Set Up for Injured Utility Worker

ASHFIELD, MA – Goshen firefighters were called mutual aid to the town of Ashfield at 0938 hours Wednesday morning to set up a landing zone.

Initial reports were that a utility worker was seriously injured when he fell from a utility pole he was working on.

A Life Star helicopter was dispatched from the Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport and was on the ground at the Ashfield Highway Department parking lot before a crew from Highland Ambulance arrived with the patient.

Once loaded, the helicopter lifted off the ground at 1038 hours and transported the patient to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.

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Life Star helicopter moments after taking off. Highland Ambulance and Ashfield Fire department members can be seen in the background.

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