AUSTIN, Texas — One person was taken to the hospital after getting trapped under a tree on Sixth Street on Friday morning.
At around 11:30 a.m., medics with Austin-Travis County EMS responded to a person pinned under a tree that had fallen on them at the intersection of Sixth and Trinity streets.
Firefighters from the Austin Fire Department (AFD) also responded to the scene, where crew members pulled the person out from under the tree.
The person was later taken to a local hospital by ATCEMS.
In addition to the person being rescued, two baby birds that had fallen from the tree were safely rescued and transported to wildlife rescue by AFD crews.