CLEVELAND — Two White County boys escaped injury Monday night after they climbed up a tree and got scared.
Cleveland Fire Chief Ricky Pruitt said the incident happened around 7:15 p.m. on Driskell Road south of Cleveland.
Pruitt said the youth, ages 6 and 10, had climbed 20-25 feet up a tree at their home and became frightened.
The boys began screaming, which alerted their parents who then called 9-1-1.
A fireman climbed up and helped one of the youth down, but the other was so high up the tree Pruitt said they used a ladder truck to reach him and help him down.
Pruitt said the parent will have the lower limbs on the tree cut to prevent the incident from happening again.
