Man suffers severe arm injury while at National Guard Armory in Framingham

FRAMINGHAM — A man suffered a severe arm injury on Saturday at the National Guard Armory on Concord Street, authorities said.

The 22-year-old man, whom authorities did not name, was taken to UMass-Memorial Medical Center in Worcester after the noontime incident, according to Fire Chief Michael Dutcher.

The man was working at the armory when the incident occurred. According to emergency radio broadcasts, the man suffered a "partial amputation" of his left arm.

The nature of the man's job was not immediately clear. 

Firefighters responded to the incident at the 322 Concord Road facility. When they arrived, they found that the man's co-workers had applied a tourniquet in response to his injury, Dutcher said. 

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Initially, a medical rescue helicopter was going to be used to take the man to the hospital, but plans were later changed and an ambulance arrived.

Dutcher said the cause of the incident is not known and referred all calls to the U.S. Army National Guard. No one could be reached for comment on Saturday afternoon.

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