A motor-vehicle accident involving tree trucks and resulting in injuries occurred August 20, 2024, in St. Johns County, Fla. The accident included two tree-trimming vehicles and a sedan, with two people injured. One person was airlifted with serious injuries after being trapped in one of the vehicles, according to a First Coast News report. It […]
The driver of a tree-trimming boom truck received minor injuries when the truck he was driving rolled over August 12, 2024, in Auburn, Washington. The truck rolled into a ditch and struck a utility pole. The driver was evaluated by firefighters but refused transport to a hospital, according to an Auburn Examiner report.
A pilot was seriously injured when his tree-trimming helicopter crashed March 18, 2024, in Belleville, West Virginia. The helicopter, operated by Signature Utility Services, was trimming around power lines for FirstEnergy when it crashed. The company was using a saw attached to the helicopter by a cable that hangs below the aircraft to cut limbs […]
An aerial-lift truck crashed into a commercial building February 26, 2024, in Wendell, Idaho. The driver of the truck, a 51-year-old man from Jerome, Idaho, experienced a medical emergency and was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the truck did not require hospitalization, according to a bnnbreaking.com report.
A tree worker was killed when he was hit by a truck December 13, 2023, in Montgomery County, Maryland. Eric Lewis, 57, of Washington, D.C., was working with a crew along the Capital Beltway when he was hit by a large truck, which left the scene, according to a Washington Post report. The driver of […]
