A 52-year-old man was killed by a falling tree in Colchester, Connecticut, police mentioned.
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A person chopping down trees died when one fell and hit him, Connecticut police mentioned.
State troopers responded to a home in Colchester round 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 4 for a medical emergency, state police mentioned in a information launch.
Once on the property, troopers discovered a 52-year-old man “unresponsive within the woods behind the residence,” police mentioned.
The man and his brother had been chopping down trees within the woods when a falling tree hit him, police mentioned.
Medical personnel responded and the person’s household was notified of his dying on the scene, police mentioned. Foul play will not be suspected.
Police recognized the sufferer as Jody Fellows.
When contacted by McClatchy News, a spokesperson for the Connecticut State Police didn’t present any updates on the incident.
Colchester is about 25 miles southeast of Hartford.
Sixty-four folks have been killed in Connecticut on account of tree-related incidents over the 15-year interval between 2004 and 2019, in accordance with a examine revealed within the American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology in December 2021.
