Cheshire

Worker dies after getting caught underneath tree in Cheshire

NBC Connecticut

A tree worker is dead after getting caught underneath a tree that had just been cut down in Cheshire on Monday.

Cheshire police said they responded to Chipman Drive around 4 p.m. after getting a report that a worker was caught underneath a tree, which had fallen in an unintended direction.

The worker, later identified as 50-year-old Timothy Healy, of Naugatuck, was taken to the hospital where he died of his injuries, police said.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was called to the scene and is working with police to investigate the incident.

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