http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/mesa/palm_tree_accident_08_01_2009
MESA - A 45-year-old man who spent years trimming trees is facing life-threatening injuries after a freak accident Saturday. He was trimming a tree and fell from it.
Jonathon Smith saw the accident from his Mesa...
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CONCORD, N.H. -- A new study shows that people who text-message while driving are far more likely to get in a crash.
Researchers from Virginia Tech used cameras to track drivers and found that truckers who texted while driving were 23 times more...
Girl Cited For Pinning Worker Against Wood Chipper
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=142442&catid=3
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Jacksonville police have cited a 17-year-old girl with careless driving, four months after witnesses say they saw her car run into a tree...
http://www.kypost.com/mostpopular/story/...A6AiR2QIiQ.cspx
GRANT CO., Ky. -- An investigation is underway a man was electrocuted by high-voltage power lines while working in Grant County on Monday evening.
Officers from the Grant County Sheriff's Department responded to a call that a Show...
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A Laurinburg man died Monday morning after a tree fell on him, according to Laurinburg police.
Lt. Rodney Strickland says 58-year old Edward Norton, known to most as "Skibo," stepped into the path of a tree as it was falling.
Police...
\"Tree Trimmers\" Allegedly Stole Elderly Man\'s Ring
http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/...h1L_ljFE6Q.cspx
There's a little luck in the story of how an 81 year old veteran found three rings stolen from his home. Local 12's Deborah Dixon tells us how a sad story reached its happy ending...
http://newstalkradiowhio.com/localnews/2009/07/electrified-tree-keeps-trimmer.html
KETTERING, Ohio -- A man trimming trees in the 3000 block of Miramar caused some branches to fall on a live power line. That electrified the tree he was in. If he tried to come down, he would be killed the...
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_ak_cat_rescue.html
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- A Fairbanks man is in intensive care at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with injuries suffered in a fall after he rescued a cat from a tree.
The hospital reports Friday that Joe Fletcher is in serious condition...
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/919832.html
BOISE, Idaho – Boise police are on the hunt for the person responsible for cutting a 40-foot tree dedicated to the memory of a former city employee.
The vandalism was reported to city officials Thursday morning. The 12-year-old Golden Oak...
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/23/bn23tree-trimmer-escued/
BONITA – A tree trimmer buried by palm-tree fronds was rescued Thursday by firefighters who used a ladder to rescue him 40 feet from the ground.
The 40-year-old man was cutting fronds at a home on Sweetwater Road near...
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/792542.html
LODI — A Caltrans worker from Modesto died Thursday on Highway 99 after being struck by a truck.
Donald Lichliter, 53, was applying fertilizer to trees along the south side of the highway and was hit while outside of his California Department of...
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=6927656
ROCKVILLE CENTRE (WABC) -- A tree trimmer was killed in a freak truck mishap in Rockville Centre Wednesday morning.
The 65-year-old worker's truck malfunctioned while extended at the intersection of Capitolian Boulevard and...
Federal judge sentences tree cutter to 27 months in prison
http://www.tahoebonanza.com/article/20090716/NEWS/907169969/1061&ParentProfile=1050
TRUCKEE, Calif. — A federal judge Tuesday sentenced John W. Clifton, 21, of Truckee and Sierraville to 27 months in prison for illegally cutting...