73-year-old killed while cutting down a tree
By: Melissa Hudson
Posted: May 1, 2018 5:38 PM EDT
-
0:21
Police investigating shooting on Amhurst Avenue
-
2:42
South Bend Police Department recognized for completing crisis...
-
0:35
Local boxer brings home Golden Gloves Championship
-
1:01
5th annual Ivy Impact Gala held
-
0:50
13th annual Radiothon for Five Star Life takes place
-
1:05
Amazon investing $11 billion into New Carlisle data center
-
1:52
German company Verbio buys new ethanol plant in South Bend
-
0:54
61st annual Salvation Army Pancake Day held
-
5:26
Rep. Rudy Yakym calling for the protection of Jewish students...
-
1:26
Wet, warm & windy this weekend
-
4:24
Michiana Crime Stoppers shredding event
-
1:16
’IvyCares’ program setting students up for success in and...
CASS COUNTY, Mich. -- A 73-year-old man was killed when he was struck by a tree he was cutting down, according to the Cass County Sheriff's Department.
Deputies said they were called to 58685 White Temple Road around noon after a tree fell on 73-year-old Robert Wright.
The investigation revealed Wright was cutting down a tree when it fell into another tree, which uprooted itself. The two trees struck Wright and he was pinned under them.
He was extracted from the trees by emergency personnel, but succumbed to his injuries.
Sign up for the ABC 57Newsletter