Haddam Fire, Ambulance Help Rescue Hunter

Post from Haddam Volunteer Fire Company:

Life Star was called in after a traumatic hunting accident behind a residence on Wiese Albert Road, Dec. 13. At about 10:30 a.m., Haddam Volunteer Fire Company and Haddam Ambulance Service responded to reports of a wounded hunter with a leg injury.

According to State Police, the man accidentally shot himself in the leg with a hunting rifle. Command requested the Fire Company’s Gator ATV to remove the victim from the woods and activated Life Star. Engine 1-13 set up a landing zone in a field near Candlewood Hill and Foot Hills Road.

The flight crew was driven to the a rendezvous point and the victim was brought back to the LZ via Haddam Ambulance. The patient was flown to Hartford Hospital. His condition is unknown at this time. Connecticut State Police and DEEP are investigating.

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