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(Updated) Ambulance called to wind turbine incident in Adair County Sunday night

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May 31st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Updated 5:30-p.m.) Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports, that at around 10:24-p.m., Sunday, the Adair County Communications Center received a cellular 911 call requesting an ambulance to a wind turbine tower site located southeast of Stuart, with regard to a patient who had suffered apparent, unknown injuries. Stuart Fire and Rescue Units were paged to respond.

MidAmerican Energy officials say one of its workers got stuck in a blade of a wind turbine. It happened at the Arbor Hill Wind Farm, southeast of Stuart. After extricating the patient from the scene, the patient was transported by ground ambulance to a Des Moines area hospital, where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries, and released.

All work at the site is on hold, while MidAmerican conducts its investigation.