Worker falls 30 feet from tree at Washington Township home

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A tree service employee was hospitalized after falling 30 feet while on a job in Washington Township this afternoon.

Jerry DeMarco

06/18/2015 8:07 p.m.

The worker was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a serious back injury, chest pains and difficulty breathing after the 1:50 p.m. Pascack Road mishap.

Township police responded along with Hillsdale EMS using a River Vale ambulance.

A medical helicopter was placed on standby but later cancelled.

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