{"id":328098,"date":"2026-11-15T12:32:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T12:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/328098\/"},"modified":"2026-11-15T12:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T12:32:46","slug":"man-injured-during-burlington-county-tornado-cleanup-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/328098\/","title":{"rendered":"Man injured during Burlington County tornado cleanup \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man was seriously injured Saturday afternoon while clearing debris left behind by a tornado in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/tag\/burlington-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Burlington County<\/a>, New Jersey, as neighbors and community members continued to rally around those impacted by the storm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/car-torn-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the man was using a utility vehicle to move debris in Chesterfield Township when it flipped down an embankment and landed on top of him.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters said the man was pinned underneath the vehicle. Crews used special airbags to lift it off him so they could pull him to safety.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/airlift-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After six police cars showed up, there were two fire trucks, an ambulance, another fire truck and another ambulance,&#8221; said Seth Tomb, who witnessed the emergency response.<\/p>\n<p>The man was rushed to a waiting medical helicopter and flown to a hospital with serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The accident happened just two days after an EF-1 tornado tore through the community Thursday, packing winds of up to 100 mph and leaving behind damaged properties and toppled trees.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the destruction, residents have been coming together to help their neighbors recover.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the home of Cheryl Jones&#8217; parents, a retired farmer was among those helping clear fallen trees from the property.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/torn-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tNBC10NBC10<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what Chesterfield is all about, the community,&#8221; Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>Next door, Homebody Farm was also hit hard by the tornado. Co-owner Liam Duffy said the storm lifted a shed off the property, damaged a greenhouse and tore down fences.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is where our shed was. It got lifted up directly this way,&#8221; Duffy said.<\/p>\n<p>But amid the damage, Duffy said he has been overwhelmed by the generosity of neighbors and community members offering assistance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/farm-torn.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve gotten dozens of donations, people helping us out with takeout, with home-cooked meals and people have volunteered to sign up, have signed up to volunteer for our clean up days this coming week and weekend,&#8221; Duffy said.<\/p>\n<p>The outpouring of support comes as the serious accident serves as a reminder of the dangers that can remain even after a storm has passed.<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC Philadelphia. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC Philadelphia journalist edited the article for publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was seriously injured Saturday afternoon while clearing debris left behind by a tornado in Burlington County,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[18736,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-328098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-burlington-county","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}