A man clearing trees next to a business had to be rescued after a tree split and a portion of it pinned him against a concrete wall on May 11, 2020, in Youngstown, Ohio.
Firefighters had to cut part of a chain-link fence to get to the man. Paramedics treated him before he was put on a gurney and wheeled to an ambulance. The extent of his injuries was not given, but he could be heard screaming in pain, according to a WKBN/WYFX report.
A tree worker was injured June 9, 2020, in Lynn, Massachusetts, when a limb from a tree he was taking down fell on him. The 32-year-old man was working for a tree service removing a tree in Lynn Woods Reservation at the time of the accident. He was in stable condition when he was transported […]
One tree-company worker was killed and another was injured June 12, 2020, in Honolulu, Hawaii, when their company truck went off an overpass onto a highway below. Albert Ramos, 55, who was identified as the driver of the truck, was killed. His passenger, a man identified in reports only as Sinisa, 23, was injured. Ramos […]
A man pinned by fronds 50 feet off the ground while pruning a palm was rescued by firefighters on June 12, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada. A ladder truck reached the man and a platform was put in place to get him into a harness before he was lowered in what officials called a “high-angle […]
