A man and his wife were sent to Erlanger after he sustained a head injury while cutting down a tree on a steep slope in Marion County and she fell trying to get to him.
When responders arrived shortly after 10 a.m. Monday, they found the man sitting on the trunk of a felled tree that was about 2 feet in diameter, said Walter Tucker, fire chief at the South Pittsburg Volunteer Fire Department.
He said the man had a head injury and was pulling his shirt over his head in an attempt to stop the bleeding. The man couldn't say what happened to him, leading Tucker to believe he had a concussion.
"He's going to need 20 to 30 stitches," he said.
Tucker said the wife also tried to get down the steep slope but fell and broke her arm in two places.
The couple was transported up the slope and taken by ambulance to Erlanger hospital with injuries that were not life threatening. Both are estimated to be in their 50s.