Two men suffered injuries while attempting to put their shutters up as Hurricane Matthew gets ready to make landfall in Florida.
Broward Sheriff's Office said a 56-year-old Weston man injured himself when his aluminum shutters fell on him Wednesday morning. The man suffered non-life threatening injuries, BSO says.
Authorities say another man fell from 20 feet while he was putting up shutters at his Weston home around 8 p.m. Wednesday night. He was airlifted to Broward Health.
8pm #storm related injury @BrowardSheriff #FireRescue @CityofWeston man fell 20' off ladder while putting up shutters Savannah subdiv more➡ — PIO Mike Jachles (@BSO_Mike) October 6, 2016
Forecasters said Hurricane Matthew could hit Florida — or come dangerously close — late Thursday or early Friday and then scrape its way up the East Coast toward the Carolinas over the weekend.