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LIVE FROM THE CHANNEL FOR
STUDIOS IN BOSTON.WBZ NEWS
ATTEND STARTS RIGHT NOW.
A FATAL FALL IN LINE MR.
A WORKER TRIMMING TREES KNOCKED
OUT OF HIS BUCKET TRUCK.
HE FELL MORE THAN 50 FEET TO
THE GROUND. AN INVESTIGATION
INTO HOW AND WHY IT HAPPENED.
LOUISA IS LIVE WITH US TONIGHT.
LUISA?
Reporter: NOTHING HAS MOVED
SINCE THIS AFTERNOON'S
ACCIDENT.
YOU CAN STILL SEE THE TAIL END
OF THAT BUCKET TRUCK EKING OUT
FROM BEHIND THAT HOUSE.
SADLY, TO START WITH AN EFFORT
TO TAKE DOWN A DANGEROUS TREE
THAT HAD SPLIT FROM THE WIND
AND ENDED IN TRAGEDY. HOW
ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW,
SIR? --
Reporter: LEOMINSTER MAN
OVER, AFTER A SCENE PLAYED OUT
IN HIS BACKYARD.
THE MAN AND HIS WIFE WITNESS TO
THE MAN FALL FROM THE BUCKET
AND THE FATHER KILLED A ,26
MAN.: SAID IT STARTED WITH
FEARS THAT THIS MASSIVE PINE
TREE MIGHT TOPPLE.
HE CONTACTED AFFORDABLE
LANDSCAPING IN TREE CHOPPING TO
CHOP IT DOWN.
THE TREE SWAN BACKWARDS DIPPING
THE BUCKET AND TOSSING THE MAN
OUT.
HE FELT NEARLY 50 FEET TO THE
GROUND. HE WAS SCREAMING.
HE WENT OUT OF HIS MIND.
Reporter: A NEIGHBOR WENT OVER
AND CLEAR THE MAN'S AIRWAY, AND
HE WAS ALIVE ON THE WAY TO THE
HOSPITAL.
TWO YEARS LATER -- TWO HOURS
LATER, THEY RECEIVED NEWS THAT
THE GENTLEMAN HAD PASSED AWAY.
THE EFFORT -- IT HAPPENED
BECAUSE OF AN EFFORT TO BRING
DOWN A DANGEROUS TREE.
THE IRONIC THING IS THAT