A woman lost a leg in a wood chipper accident on Monday morning in Cheatham County, officials said.

The incident took place in Ashland City while the woman and at least one other person were trimming trees in a residential area near 209 Spencer Lane, Cheatham County Sheriff Mike Breedlove said.

According to Breedlove, the woman's leg was amputated when a rope got caught in the chipper and wrapped around her leg and severed it.

The woman, whose identity was not immediately known, was taken by medical helicopter to Vanderbilt University Medical Center to be treated for the major injury.

This is a developing story.

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