Washington man pinned under skidder in equipment accident
A Caterpillar skidder lays on its side along Hot Brook Canyon Road after it slipped off of a flatbed trailer while being unloaded last Thursday, July 16. Photo courtesy Andrew Kerr
HOT SPRINGS – A 24-year-old man from Vancouver, Wash., was seriously injured while unloading a 35,000-pound skidder to a private residence, approximately 2 miles out on Hot Brook Canyon Road last Thursday, July 16.
According to information provided by Fall River County, the initial call to dispatch came in at 9:55 a.m. from a passing motorist, who reported that a semi driver’s lower extremities had…
