Teen flown to the hospital after hit by a falling tree

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A teen cutting down a tree in Westmoreland County has been flown to a Pittsburgh Hospital after being hit by the falling tree.

Police say the 18-year-old, part of a tree removal crew from Punxsutawney, was struck in the head and was trapped under the tree at one point.

It happened around 9:30 a.m. in the 1500 block of Lucesco Road in Allegheny Township.

There' no word on the teen's condition.

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