Rochester man hurt in fall from hunting tree stand released from hospital
Staff reports 8:34 a.m.
ROCHESTER - A city man was injured on Sunday when he fell while climbing into a tree stand to hunt, according to Fish and Game officials. Jonathan Steeves, 47, received what were described as serious but nonlife threatening injuries a little before 8 a.m. when he fell while climbing a ladder to get into the tree stand. Steeves fell about five feet, according to Fish and Game. Strafford Fire and Rescue brought Steeves to the road where a Frisbie ambulance transported him to Wentworth Douglass Hospital in Dover. The location of the fall was not immediately available. A hospital spokesperson said today that Steeves had already been discharged.
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