A Lawrence County Volunteer Firefighter was seriously injured Tuesday while cleaning up storm debris.
The Daily Independent reports that 25-year old Michael Griffith with the Webbville Volunteer Fire Department was crushed by a tree that had fallen across Bishop Knob.
He was taken by helicopter to the Cabell Huntington Hospital.
He suffered a cracked pelvis, several broken ribs and a punctured lung.
The injury is the first in the department's 20 year history.
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