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Man injured by sledgehammer seeks hospital transport, Reading PA

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Near Cotton St, Reading, PA 19606

A 62-year-old man who was hit in the back by a sledgehammer is experiencing numbness and leg pain. He has sciatic nerve damage and is being transported to the hospital near St. Joe's with precautions for fever and a runny nose.

Audio|Source: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
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1517 near Cotton Street Department 2, 62-year-old male was hit in the back by a sledgehammer, was in the hospital on Thursday for this, now complaining of numbness, pain in his left leg,
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does have sciatic nerve damage,
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it's requesting St.
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Joe's,
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and precautions indicated for fever and running nose, as well as a call.

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Near Cotton St, Reading, PA 19606

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