Man injured after being hit by a tree

(WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP) — Sheriff’s deputies were sent to a location in the 2000 block of Phipps Road in Sanilac County’s Washington Township Saturday afternoon around 2 p.m. on a report that man had been hit by a tree while working with a tractor in a field near a woods. Sanilac County Undersheriff Brad Roff says family members were able to remove 58-year-old Thomas Koppel from the tractor and take him to the house before EMS, Fire and Sheriff’s deputies arrived. Koppel was transported to McKenzie Health System by Sanilac EMS then later flown by LifeNet to another hospital for treatment of serious injuries.