LEDYARD — A person injured in a chainsaw incident was transported to Backus Hospital on Monday, October 19, according to a witness account provided to Eastern CT News. The witness is not being identified.
A dispatch item published by CrimeRadar at 10:29 a.m. EDT describes a request for fire and ambulance crews at Ledyard Police Headquarters, 737 Colonel Ledyard Highway, for a person who had walked in with a reported chainsaw injury.
The station is the reported response location. The available information does not establish where the injury happened, the circumstances of the accident or its severity. The dispatch item’s publication time is not a confirmed time of injury.
The hospital transport is attributed to the witness account relayed to the newsroom, not to a police, ambulance or hospital statement. Eastern CT News has not independently confirmed the account. No patient name or identifying personal details are being published.
CrimeRadar identifies its transcript as automatically generated from dispatch audio and cautions that it may be incomplete or inaccurate. The town’s official Police Department page confirms the headquarters address but does not confirm this incident.
Official confirmation, the patient’s condition and further details remain pending. No continuing public danger has been established in the information reviewed. Updates pending.
Photo: File image of Ledyard Police Headquarters, credited to Ledyard Police. It does not depict Monday’s medical response.