Preston, CT First Selectman/Public Works Director injured by falling tree

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Nothing unusual about the weather last Thursday that I can remember. But this week of the year seems to generate a small rash of trees on wires and similar calls when the trees reach full leaf-out, and branches or rotten trunks can't handle the extra weight.

ROM THE NEWSROOM: PRESTON, Conn. (AP) — Preston First Selectman Robert Congdon is recovering after he said he was hit by a falling tree while clearing a road.

The Day of New London reports that Congdon, who also has been public works director, responded to a call on Thursday about tree limbs blocking a road. He drove to the site, taking his chain saw with him.

He said he was done with the work and heard a loud crack, like a tree breaking. He says he remembers nothing else.

Congdon, who was knocked unconscious and found by a neighbor, was hospitalized in intensive care from Thursday until Saturday when he was released.

He said he suffered several broken ribs and bleeding behind the sternum.

Congdon calls himself a lucky camper.