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SMITHTOWN, N.Y. -- A 75-year-old man who was cutting branches off a downed tree in his yard was killed when the tree rolled over him, police said.
Charles Fiedler and his son were trimming the 60-foot tree Thursday afternoon, Suffolk County police said. The tree rolled onto him and crushed his chest, police said.
Police officers freed him, but he was pronounced dead later at a hospital.
SMITHTOWN, N.Y. -- A 75-year-old man who was cutting branches off a downed tree in his yard was killed when the tree rolled over him, police said.
Charles Fiedler and his son were trimming the 60-foot tree Thursday afternoon, Suffolk County police said. The tree rolled onto him and crushed his chest, police said.
Police officers freed him, but he was pronounced dead later at a hospital.