An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department detective was killed when a tree branch fell on him while he was working at his cabin June 17, 2022, in Heltonville, Indiana. A neighbor called 911 after discovering the accident. Anthony Farrell was clearing brush from his property in Heltonville when his tractor apparently became tangled in some vines, […]
A lift operator died after he was electrocuted June 16, 2022, while doing tree work at a home in Fridley, Minnesota. Johnny Lee Coleman Cotton, of Minneapolis, was working with a private company removing a tree when his chain saw or the branch he was cutting struck a power line. After the lift was lowered, […]
A tree worker was killed after falling from a tree he was cutting May 31, 2022, in Pocatello, Idaho. Darin Williams, 35, of Pocatello, was up in a tree using a chain saw to cut down branches. He was more than 15 feet off the ground when he fell onto the street below and suffered […]
A man was found dead May 25, 2022, on his property near Jersey Mills, Pennsylvania, apparently after being struck by a tree he’d cut down. Joseph Shoemaker, 66, of Abbottstown, Pa., was discovered by a friend who was staying at Shoemaker’s cabin. The friend had arrived at the cabin late Tuesday night, May 24. The […]
A tree worker was killed by a falling tree May 20, 2022, near Lake Hodges, California. The victim was part of a crew trimming or cutting down a tree when the tree, or a part of it, fell on him. The man died at the scene, according to a San Diego Union-Tribune report.
