Accidental death near Stanwood
Published on Thu, Nov 19, 2009 by Rebecca Hover, Public Information OfficerRead More County & State
A 24-year-old Sedro Woolley man died earlier today when a tree he was chopping down fell on him. The incident was reported about 1:40 p.m. in the 7500 block of Silvana Terrace Road in unincorporated Stanwood.
The man, reportedly employed as a private contractor with a logging and tree service company, was doing storm clean up work in a heavily wooded area on private property.
The man was using a chainsaw to bring down an unstable tree that had fallen and was partially suspended by the branches of nearby trees when a large section of that tree fell on him. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Another man working with him was not injured.
Deputies determined the incident was an accident.
The man, reportedly employed as a private contractor with a logging and tree service company, was doing storm clean up work in a heavily wooded area on private property.
The man was using a chainsaw to bring down an unstable tree that had fallen and was partially suspended by the branches of nearby trees when a large section of that tree fell on him. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Another man working with him was not injured.
Deputies determined the incident was an accident.
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