GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — Neighbors in Green Bay rescued a young girl who was hit and pinned under a fallen tree on Monday afternoon, fire officials said.
See crews clean up the fallen tree in the video below:
Mike Vanden Avond, a battalion chief with Green Bay Metro Fire, says it happened around 3:30 p.m. on Blithe Street.
Vanden Avond said the girl was initially pinned under the tree, but neighbors rescued her using a floor jack.
The girl suffered crush injuries, Vanden Avond said, but was conscious and breathing when crews arrived. She was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.
Vanden Avond thanked neighbors who helped free the girl.
"It was great seeing neighbors helping neighbors," he said.
Green Bay neighborhood reporter Pari Apostolakos will have much more on this story at NBC 26 at 10.
