Window cleaner airlifted after fall

Tuesday 2nd February 2010, 1:06PM GMT.

A window cleaner had to be airlifted to hospital after he fell off his ladder in a Powys village.

The man, who has been named locally as Tim Owen, was cleaning windows on the Llys Rhufain estate, in Caersws, near Newtown, when the incident happened yesterday.

Derek Newall, who lives in the village, said Mr Owen had been cleaning windows on the estate when the accident happened at about 4pm. He said he saw the air ambulance arrive.

“He was cleaning windows and fell off his ladder,” he said. “I went to the medical centre in Caersws with his father and his wife. An ambulance attended and a decision was made to airlift him to hospital.”

A spokesman from the Welsh Ambulance Service said it was called to the scene just before 4pm.

He said: “We were called to reports a man had fallen off a ladder. An ambulance was sent to the scene and an air ambulance was deployed on the request of the crew.

“The man, who is in his 40s, was flown to Morriston Hospital, in Swansea. His injuries are not known.”

One resident, from Caersws, who did not wish to be named said today: “I know the family they have lived in the village for years.

“It’s not a very nice thing to have happened and my thoughts are with him and his family. I’ve been told that he was due to undergo some tests earlier today and I’m hoping he will make a full and quick recovery.”

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