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Pontiac Man Seriously Injured In Tree-Trimming Accident

PONTIAC (WWJ) - A Pontiac man is hospitalized with a severe head injury after part of a tree fell on him.

The Oakland County Sheriff's Department says the 20-year old was cutting the top of a tree at a home on the 30-block of Edith Street in Pontiac Saturday afternoon when a large branch fell and hit him in the face.

Firefighters rescued the man from the tree and he was taken to McLaren Hospital-Oakland for treatment.

His name has not been released.

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