On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at approximately 6:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 7000 block of Rose Lane in La Plata, for the subject not breathing after a long fall.
Dispatchers advised the 911 caller was performing CPR on a 60-year-old male who fell approximately 16 feet from a pole barn.
Crews arrived on the scene to report the patient was breathing and requested a helicopter to land nearby.
Maryland State Police Helicopter Trooper 7 landed nearby and transported the victim to an area trauma center.
