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A teenager in Indiana was flown to a Cincinnati hospital after sustaining non-life-threatening injuries in a hunting accident.© WEAU
RIPLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WXIX) – A teenager is in the hospital after a hunting accident in Friendship, Indiana occurred on Saturday, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
Conservation officers were dispatched to a private property near the 6000 block of County Road 800 South around 4 p.m. for a report of a juvenile injured in a tree stand accident, wrote Travis Stewart with DNR law enforcement.
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Stewart says the teen hunter was climbing into their tree stand when the straps securing the stand broke and fell to the ground.
As a result, the victim fell approximately 20 feet and had to be airlifted to a Cincinnati hospital in serious condition with non-life-threatening injuries, explained Stewart.
Three agencies responded to the accident and assisted with the transport.
DNR encourages hunters to wear a full-body safety harness when going up and down hunting platforms and tree stands.
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The sad thing is always, that they will never be a better man,or teenager, by victimizing helpless animals like a bully. It only serves to prove they are scared cowards, how very sad. Get in a metal cagewith a live fullgrown bear that is not drugged or chained/held back–you get a knife, thats’ all. Lets show you what a fair fight really is.
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