A man taking down an old tree stand on his private property fell from the tree

A medical helicopter used this field near the valley Dollar General Store as a landing zone.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- A Thursday afternoon accident sent a La Follette man to a Knoxville hospital by way of a medical helicopter. It was 2:52pm when the call for help came in to Central Dispatch.

A man in his 60s fell roughly 30-feet from a tree on Cumberland Mountain. Members from the La Follette Rescue Squad and Campbell County Rural Fire Service carried the man hundreds of yards out of the woods. From there, he was loaded on the LRS’s side-by-side and driven off the mountain to the ambulance.

An ambulance with Campbell EMS met up with the med chopper in a field near the valley Dollar General Store at Calhoun Road. The chopper went airborne at 4:39pm carrying the patient said to be in serious condition.

One official stated that the man was hanging tree stands for the next deer season. CORRECTION: He was taking down an old tree stand on his private property, according to his family. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-01/22/2026-PHOTO COURTESY OF CCRFS CHIEF DANIEL LAWSON-UPDATED-01/23/2026-6AM)

One Reply to “La Follette man falls 30-feet from tree, airlifted”

  1. Praying for Family and a Comlete Miracle Miracle for the Patient. How is He doing now?

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