A 19-year-old operating an off-road vehicle died after colliding with a tree-trimming truck August 23, 2022, in Wilson, New York. The aerial-lift truck, towing a tree chipper and heading west on Youngstown-Lockport Road, collided with the off-road-style dirt bike being operated in the road. Following the collision, the truck left the road, overturned and came […]
A motorist was killed August 7, 2022, when the pickup truck he was driving collided with a tree service’s aerial-lift truck in Alexandria, Louisiana. David Harris, 70, of Pineville, La., was killed in the collision that occurred in the southbound lane of the Pineville Expressway. The driver of the bucket truck was injured and taken […]
An employee of a line-clearance company died in an ATV accident July 22, 2022, in Houston County, Minnesota. Kyla Wimer-Wood, 33, of Owatonna, Minn., was working for a tree service based in Ottertail, Minn., at the time of the accident. She was the driver and only occupant of the ATV at that time. She was […]
A lift operator trimming trees from a bucket truck July 6, 2022, in Bloomington, Minnesota, was severely injured when a semi-truck collided with the elbow of the lift’s boom, causing the operator to fall to the ground. Investigators say the bucket truck was parked on the sidewalk and the semi’s trailer struck the boom. The […]
A South Carolina tree worker was killed and two co-workers were injured in a crash on a Mississippi highway on August 30, 2021, while en route to assist with storm cleanup in the wake of Hurricane Ida. Brandon Irby worked for Harris Tree Service and Landscaping in Anderson, S.C., according to the company owner, Justin […]
