A man is injured this afternoon after a tree toppled over on him west of Yorkville. Medics at the scene have requested an air ambulance.
Scanner traffic beginning around 11:28 a.m. indicated a 30-year-old man was injured when a tree came down on him near the intersection of State Route 128 and Yorkville Ranch Road.
The dispatcher specified the incident is near mile marker 38.21 west of Yorkville.
UPDATE 11:53 p.m.: A ground ambulance reported they were transporting the patient from the incident scene to the Boonville Airport, the agreed-upon landing zone for the air ambulance.
UPDATE 12:05 p.m.: The air ambulance reported that due to mechanical issues, they are out of service and unable to respond to the Boonville airport. A ground ambulance will be transporting the patient instead.
UPDATE 3/12/2023 4:22 p.m.
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My God! The air ambulance can’t respond they are out of service due to mechanical problems. What the……. Who is this company? We need air ambulance service in this county due to our rural and challenging logistics and the distance to trauma hospitals. Our county residents are literally dying because our county is run like sh… let me guess, Adventist owns our air ambulance service too.
This might help with any questions you have…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CALSTAR
https://reachair.com/home
Trees have been dropping on 128 like crazy the last six weeks and I suspect this storm coming today will bring down many more with the ground so wet and a big wind expected. CalTrans has been working on trees from Boonville to Cloverdale for a few weeks and it is still a big work in progress. Much more to come this week I am sure, Drive carefully as and watch the trees as you will not be much protected if a big tree hits your vehicle square on.