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  • July 7, 2023

    Man killed while on FaceTime

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    A man died when he was struck by a tree he was cutting July 7, 2023, in El Cajon, California. Gary Maurice Zing, 59, of El Cajon, was cutting a eucalyptus tree outside his home when it fell and struck [...]

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  • July 30, 2023

    83-year-old man killed in struck-by

    By tcimagazine

    A man was killed when a tree he was cutting struck him July 30, 2023, in Covington, Louisiana. Thomas Baudean, 83, of Covington, was cutting a tree when it struck him, according to a WAFB report.

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  • August 7, 2023

    Nine-year-old boy killed in struck-by

    By tcimagazine

    A 9-year-old boy was killed when a tree being cut hit him August 7, 2023, in Mitchell County, Kansas, according to a ncktoday.com report.

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  • August 8, 2023

    Tree worker dies in accident

    By tcimagazine

    A worker was killed August 8, 2023, in Agoura Hills, California. Reinaldo Rocha, 46, of Baldwin Park, Calif., was stuck 40 feet up in a tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The incident was reported by audacy.com. His [...]

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  • August 30, 2023

    One person killed and two others injured in struck-by

    By tcimagazine

    One person was killed and two others were injured while cleaning up a fallen tree August 30, 2023, in Lowndes County, Georgia. While one person was clearing a tree that had fallen in Hurricane Idalia, a second tree fell. It [...]

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