Once again, and issue of not clearing out an escape path.
When story after story like this gets posted here, it makes me sad to see just how consistintaly people die in our business
Danielson
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KINGSTON - A Circuit Drive resident working for a local tree service was killed yesterday when he was struck by a falling pine tree.
Jon LaVigueur was cutting an 82-foot tree on 15th Street for Buzzell Tree Service of East Kingston when the pine fell on him about 12:40 p.m., police said.
Today would have been his 23rd birthday.
Paula Campbell, who owns the home at 1 15th St. where LaVigueur and four other employees were working, said the men had tied a rope to the top of the tree. After one worker used a chain saw to make a cut in the trunk, the other men began pulling the rope.
When the tree started to fall, they ran.
"He should have gone right or left," Campbell said, "but he tried to outrun the tree."
LaVigueur was slowed when his feet became entangled in weeds and bushes, causing the top of the tree to hit him in the back, she said.
Police Chief Donald Briggs said officers responded to multiple 911 calls. Medical personnel tried to help LaVigueur, but it was too late.
Neighbor Joe Mailhot of 2 15th St. witnessed the accident. He said the impact caused LaVigueur to be thrown.
"Another 2 feet and it would have missed him," Mailhot said.
Campbell said the workers were shaken. They kept screaming "Help," she said.
"There's been a lot of tears here today," Campbell said.
Briggs said LaVigueur, a graduate of Sanborn Regional High School, was a polite, respectful man with many friends. He lived with his father at 9 Circuit Drive. No one at the home or Buzzell Tree Service answered the doors last night.
"It was a tragic event that has affected many of the young people in Kingston who were friendly with the victim," Briggs said.
LaVigueur had worked for the company for just a short time, according to Briggs. Buzzell was to cut 16 or 17 trees for the Campbells.
This was the first tree cut down at the home yesterday, Briggs said. Numerous other pines were cut down last week and parts of tree trunks were still strewn around the yard.
Briggs said the incident is being investigated by state police, the Rockingham County attorney, the medical examiner and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
When story after story like this gets posted here, it makes me sad to see just how consistintaly people die in our business
Danielson
_______________________________________
KINGSTON - A Circuit Drive resident working for a local tree service was killed yesterday when he was struck by a falling pine tree.
Jon LaVigueur was cutting an 82-foot tree on 15th Street for Buzzell Tree Service of East Kingston when the pine fell on him about 12:40 p.m., police said.
Today would have been his 23rd birthday.
Paula Campbell, who owns the home at 1 15th St. where LaVigueur and four other employees were working, said the men had tied a rope to the top of the tree. After one worker used a chain saw to make a cut in the trunk, the other men began pulling the rope.
When the tree started to fall, they ran.
"He should have gone right or left," Campbell said, "but he tried to outrun the tree."
LaVigueur was slowed when his feet became entangled in weeds and bushes, causing the top of the tree to hit him in the back, she said.
Police Chief Donald Briggs said officers responded to multiple 911 calls. Medical personnel tried to help LaVigueur, but it was too late.
Neighbor Joe Mailhot of 2 15th St. witnessed the accident. He said the impact caused LaVigueur to be thrown.
"Another 2 feet and it would have missed him," Mailhot said.
Campbell said the workers were shaken. They kept screaming "Help," she said.
"There's been a lot of tears here today," Campbell said.
Briggs said LaVigueur, a graduate of Sanborn Regional High School, was a polite, respectful man with many friends. He lived with his father at 9 Circuit Drive. No one at the home or Buzzell Tree Service answered the doors last night.
"It was a tragic event that has affected many of the young people in Kingston who were friendly with the victim," Briggs said.
LaVigueur had worked for the company for just a short time, according to Briggs. Buzzell was to cut 16 or 17 trees for the Campbells.
This was the first tree cut down at the home yesterday, Briggs said. Numerous other pines were cut down last week and parts of tree trunks were still strewn around the yard.
Briggs said the incident is being investigated by state police, the Rockingham County attorney, the medical examiner and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
