Pa. tree trimmer in hospital with chain saw in his neck
A chainsaw cut 2 inches deep into 21-year-old James Valentine while he was working on Perry Highway in Ross Township.
The X-ray of a chain saw blade embedded in the neck of a patient at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. James Valentine, a tree trimmer, was in a tree on Monday afternoon when he was struck in the neck by the saw. Another worker helped him down, and his co-workers left the saw in place to try to limit the bleeding. Valentine had emergency surgery and is recovering. (AP Photo/Allegheny Health Network)
PITTSBURGH — A tree trimmer is recovering after he was rushed to a Pittsburgh hospital with a chain saw blade embedded in his neck.
James Valentine was in a tree in Ross Township on Monday afternoon when he was struck in the neck by the saw. Another worker helped him down, and his co-workers left the saw in place to try to limit the bleeding.
Valentine had emergency surgery at Allegheny General Hospital. Doctors say the saw missed major arteries and instead cut into muscle. The hospital Tuesday released an X-ray showing the saw still in the 21-year-old’s neck.
Valentine works for Adler Tree Service in Gibsonia. Owner Dominic Migliozzi calls the rescue “amazing.”
