September 22, 2012 — A man paramedics rushed to the hospital after he fell 14 feet, injuring his back on a fishing vessel Thursday night, was in “fair” condition at Lahey Clinic in Burlington on Friday.
Crew on board the fishing vessel Venture asked that an ambulance meet the boat at the Jodrey State Fish Pier at 10:30 p.m. Thursday. Police and paramedics responded, and the Venture crew led them onto the boat and to the man, David Peppard, 53, of no known address, who was lying on his back on the deck. They told the emergency personnel that Peppard had fallen 14 feet from a ladder onto the deck.
He had a laceration on the back of his head from the fall, and told paramedics that he couldn’t move his feet or back.
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