A 50-year-old man was badly hurt Wednesday night when a tree fell on a camper near his family's home in Stillwater, north of Carnation, said Eastside Fire & Rescue.
A family member inside the home on the 1100 block of Lake Joy Road Northeast called 911 to report that a 70-foot tree had come down a little after 8:20 p.m. while winds raged, said spokesperson Catherine Imboden.
It took rescue crews about 30 minutes to reach the man — “much longer” than expected — because fallen trees and downed power lines were cutting off access, Imboden said.
When crews arrived, family members were trying to keep the man calm, Imboden said.
It wasn’t until about 10 p.m. that crews were able to lift the tree off the man inside the camper, Imboden said. The nature of his injuries made the operation “extremely dangerous and technical” as crews worked to make sure he remained stable, Imboden said.
Tree branches were falling around crews as they worked, Imboden said, creating a very scary situation. They set up lights to keep an eye on the trees.
The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center with injuries that were “as life-threatening as you can get,” Imboden said. No update on his condition was immediately available Thursday morning.
Separately, one person died east of Monroe when a large tree fell onto their vehicle during the windstorm Wednesday evening.
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