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 […]
A worker was injured when a tree-trimming utility truck overturned December 11, 2023, in York County, Pennsylvania. The incident caused downed wires, which caught fire. The truck also caught fire, but it wasn’t clear if the wires caused the truck fire, according to a WGAL 8 report.
A worker was injured November 13, 2023, in North Shelby County, Tennessee, in what appears to have been some sort of aerial-lift failure that allowed the upper boom to drop. Few details were available. The man was initially listed in critical condition and later was revised to non-critical condition at a local hospital, according to […]
The driver of a tree care company’s plant-health-care vehicle was injured when the truck crashed into a dental- care building September 6, 2023, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The truck caught fire. The driver was transported to a local hospital, and an office worker in the building suffered minor injuries, according to a CBS News […]
A tree worker was injured when a work truck overturned and landed in a ditch June 26, 2023, in Shelbyville, Tennessee. The driver was extricated from the truck with seemingly minor injuries, according to a Shelbyville-Times Gazette report.
