A man helping a friend remove a tree had to be rescued May 21, 2020, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, after he was struck by a limb and injured 25 feet up. The victim, a friend of the homeowner, suffered blunt-force trauma and was stuck in the tree. Fortunately, several of the responding Ann Arbor firefighters […]
A tree worker felling a large tree on May 20, 2020, in Crestwood, Kentucky, died when the tree fell on him. A tree company was hired to remove a large tree from a residential property. Benjamin Oliver, 33, had cut a wedge into the front of the tree. He then prepared to move to the […]
A climber was injured and had to be rescued by firefighters from 80 feet up in a tree on May 14, 2020, in Baltimore County, Maryland. Officials said it was not immediately clear what the extent of the person’s injuries were, according to a patch.com report.
A tree worker was one of two persons injured in a three-vehicle crash on May 13, 2020, in South Carolina 170 near Okatie, S.C. A tree-trimming equipment vehicle was rear-ended by an SUV and a wheel from the vehicle came off, hitting a third car on the highway and causing traffic to shut down. Both […]
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 […]
