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UPDATE: Local carpenter avoids serious injury in fall Wednesday, could go home today

A Shelbyville man has avoided serious injury after falling from a boat deck he was doing carpentry work on at Toledo Bend Wednesday morning.

 

A family member says 37-year old Jason Williford was working at a residence in the Pretty Point area of the lake near Huxley, a little after 9 a.m. when he stepped on a board that gave way and he fell some 12 feet off the roof of the structure, landing on the deck.

 

Williford was taken by ACE EMC to the Huxley Fire Dept. where he was flown by Life Air Rescue to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview.

 

Williford’s sister, Lorei Choate tells us her brother has no internal injuries, all test came back negative and he’s looking at being released today, once pain from minor fractures of the vertebrae are under control. No surgery was required.

 

Ms. Choate says the family appreciates everyone’s prayers. 

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