Tree Stand Leaves White County Man Hanging Upside Down For Four Hours

CLEVELAND – A White County man spent more than four hours hanging upside down from a tree stand Wednesday night before his cries for help were answered.

The man told first responders he had been checking his tree stand when he lost his footing and turned upside down. The man began calling for help since around 4:30 p.m. A neighbor heard the cries for help, but couldn’t locate him.

The call to a person in distress in the area of Ashley Drive off Webster Lake Road was received about 8:30 p.m. and the Sheriff’s Office and White County Emergency Medical Services responded.

Firefighters made entry with the assistance of a neighbor with an ATV carrying personnel and equipment and located the man hanging upside down from a tree stand.

Rego Cano and Josh Daniels of About Time Tree Service live in the area and provided assistance to White County emergency personnel, who set up a rigging system to lower him to the responders.

He was taken by ambulance to Northeast Georgia Medical Center for treatment of what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries.

Neighbors provided the ATV used to transport emergency personnel and equipment to the scene and back to the emergency vehicles. White County Fire Chief Norman Alexander brought the county Polaris (ATV), where the patient was placed once evaluated by EMS and taken to the waiting ambulance.