Man Crushed By Tree He Was Cutting Down
Branch Knocks Man Into Path Of Falling Tree
Posted: 08/06/2012
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292 days ago
Authorities said a southern Indiana man was crushed by a tree he was helping cut down when a branch fell and knocked him into the tree's path.The Courier-Journal reported Clark County Coroner Edwin Coots said 48-year-old Danny Shelton of Deputy, 40 miles north of Louisville, died at the scene of blunt-force trauma.Sheriff Danny Rodden said Shelton and another man were cutting down a tree east of Henryville when the accident occurred, shortly after 2:30 p.m.The second man told authorities they had notched the tree to get it ready to fall, and then moved out of the way, when a gust of wind blew down the branch that knocked Shelton backward into the path of the tree.
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