27.08.2018

Tree care fatality

A tree care worker died on Saturday after falling from the bucket truck he was using in Hopkinton, - south of Providence - Rhode Island on Saturday.

The local police have said that the man, 49, fell from a height of around 17 metres on Saturday afternoon and was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. We have no further details at this stage, but it does appear as though there was some structural damage to the bucket.

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A photo we have received - reported to have been taken shortly after the man was rescued.