Felled tree rolls over 25-year-old forestry worker

A 25-year-old forestry worker was seriously injured when a tree he was felling rolled over him in Voitsberg on Saturday, ORF reported.

The man was working in a forest near the border between Voitsberg-Lobming and Bärnbach-Gschneid. He suffered serious injuries to his legs.

Because the accident happened on steep, difficult-to-reach terrain, firefighters used a basket stretcher to carry him out of the forest. An emergency doctor treated him before the Red Cross took him to a hospital in Graz.

Police are investigating the circumstances of the accident.