IPSWICH — Acting Chief Lee Prentiss reports that the Ipswich Fire Department responded today after a man suffered serious injuries following a fall.
At 1:15 p.m., Ipswich Firefighters were dispatched to 64 Candlewood Road for a report of a fall. Upon arrival, first responders determined that the 53-year-old male victim had fallen approximately 20 feet from the roof of the home, where he had been working.
The man suffered a head injury and was discovered after the fall by the homeowner.
He was treated on-scene and subsequently transported via Action Ambulance to nearby Pony Express Fields before being taken by medical helicopter to a Boston hospital with injuries that are serious and potentially life-threatening.
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