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Updated: Wednesday, 10 Oct 2012, 3:11 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 10 Oct 2012, 3:11 PM EDT

BURNETTSVILLE, Ind. (WLFI) - The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says a tree stand accident occurred Wednesday in northeast Carroll County.

54-year-old Harold L. Combs of Burnettsville told Burnettsville-Indiana Conservation Officers he had been attempting to remove his stand from a tree when he fell from it.

Combs said he was on the top platform of the 20-foot-high homemade metal stand when it bent, causing him to fall.

He said once he had regained consciousness he drove to a nearby home and began yelling for help.

He was transported to St. Elizabeth East Hospital by the Monticello Fire Department.

Investigators say he sustained significant injury.

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