By BEA LEWIS
Northern Lakes Region Bureau

MEREDITH — A man was pinned beneath a tool shed early Thursday night after a jack slipped, causing the small building he was preparing to move to fall.

Members of the Meredith Fire Department, local police and medical personnel with Stewart’s Ambulance attend to a man who was temporarily pinned beneath this tool shed after a jack slipped while he was preparing to lift the shed and put it on a trailer to move it to another location. (Citizen Photo/Bea Lewis)

Members of the Meredith Fire Department responded to a 9-1-1 call for help shortly after 5:30 p.m. and found a man trapped from the waist up beneath an out building authorities estimated weighed about two tons.

Rescuers quickly reset the jack, and used wooden blocking to stabilize the red shed, which was about 15 feet by 18 feet in size. Firefighters lifted the shed with a jack and the man, identified as the property owner’s brother, was able to roll out.

The accident occurred at property formerly owned by James Nave on the access road leading to the newly completed St. Charles Roman Catholic Church. The site is just off Route 25 in the vicinity of the Center Harbor town line.

The family has sold the property to the Diocese of Manchester and was scheduled to have moved the shed by Nov. 15. Their modular home has also been sold and will be removed. The Naves are having a new home built in another location.

Authorities identified the victim of the accident as David Nave.

Stewart’s Ambulance took him to Lakes Region General Hospital for treatment of a suspected hip injury.

Meanwhile, in the wake of the accident, church representatives have reportedly give the family additional time to remove the shed located behind the modular home.

Lakes Regional Mutual Fire Aid Dispatch identified the address of the accident scene as #286 New Hampshire Route 25.