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Published June 07, 2007 12:23 pm - GENEVA - - City employee Mike Parker has more than a lump on his head after a large tree fell on him at the Geneva/ Harpersfield Joint Economic Development Dist ... Geneva worker recovering in hospital after head injury MARGIE TRAX PAGE Star Beacon GENEVA - - City employee Mike Parker has more than a lump on his head after a large tree fell on him at the Geneva/ Harpersfield Joint Economic Development District II sewer project site Monday afternoon.
Parker is resting at the MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland after having suffered a head and neck wound at the construction site. "The doctors are just trying to decide what action to take in his treatment. He has quite a neck injury," Geneva City Manager Jim Pearson said. Parker, a city employee who was inspecting the excavation of the sewer system, was standing by the long, deep man-made ditch at the end of Bishop Road at 11 a.m. when a tree fell, hitting a dead tree, which in turn sheared, CIR General Contractors foreman Roy Gilbert said. The dead tree broke off about 6 feet up and crashed down on Parker, who was standing in the soft clay at the time of the accident. Parker's hard hat cracked in half, but it saved his life. He suffered a neck wound and a gash in his head but was conscious just after the accident. "He does have a neck injury, but right now the doctors are evaluating him and have him completely immobilized," Geneva City Manager Jim Pearson said. Parker has been a city employee for many years and retired as the city's wastewater treatment manager. He was inspecting the progress of the sewer project as a city employee, Pearson said. "We are all thinking of Mike and his family right now, and we certainly hope for a speedy recovery," Pearson said. "Everyone is just glad he wasn't hurt even worse," he said. - - MARGIE TRAX PAGE - Staff Writer Star Beacon Print Edition: 6/6/2007Click here to order our 6/6/2007 Archive edition. 
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