Road foreman hospitalized after tree limb falls during Hurricane Isaias cleanup

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First/Gray News) — A road foreman for the Georgia Department of Transportation is hospitalized after a tree limb fell on him while he was clearing downed trees after Hurricane Isaias.Rocky Meeks, 53, has undergone multiple surgeries. His family worries he may be unable to return to work.Meeks was on call 24/7 for the storm, his wife Robin said. He had been out since 3:30 a.m. Saturday cutting trees. The tree he was cutting was his 11th of the day.“From what the deputies and paramedics say he was cutting a tree, a tree limb out of another tree fell like 40 feet and hit him in the head,” Robin Meeks said.Robin Meeks was at home waiting when she was told. “Panic, panic,” she said.Rocky Meeks was taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, where surgery started quickly. Doctors put stents in his aorta and operated on his leg to repair his tibia and fibula.“They went in and put a rod in his leg there,” Robin Meeks said.On Tuesday, Rocky Meeks underwe