Elderly hunter survives fall from deer stand

By Staff
From staff reports
Jan. 13, 2001
MARTIN Rescue workers say luck was with an elderly Meridian man who early Friday morning fell from a deer stand and lay in the woods for nearly seven hours before he was found by friends.
Eighty-four-year-old Albert Russell remained in intensive care at Rush Foundation Hospital Friday night, receiving treatment for injuries he suffered after falling about 15 feet from a tree where his deer stand was positioned.
Russell was taken to Rush by Metro Ambulance.
Minyard said Russell reportedly began his hunting trip about 8 a.m. Friday. He said the man told rescue workers the accident happened just after he got to his deer stand.