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10-18-2009 Death
Tree trimmer killed at job
A 63-year-old Cloudcroft business man is dead after he fell from a bucket truck while trimming pine trees Sunday, a police spokesman said.
Chief Matt Flotte said Joseph L. Mancillas was trimming some trees on Swallow Place at a local business.
Flotte said the village of Cloudcroft volunteer paramedics arrived on the scene and performed CPR.
"The medics landed a helicopter and worked on him for 20 minutes before pronouncing him deceased," Flotte said. "Mancillas fell from about 20 to 25 feet."
It was determined to be an accidental death, he said.
"He was utilizing his bucket truck to trim trees at a local business," Flotte said. "He fell out of the bucket and hit the ground at about 10 a.m."
He said Mancillas owned Cloudcroft Wrecker Service for over 35 years.
Born and raised in Cloudcroft, Mancillas worked in construction and logging while being a life long resident of the small mountain community.
Flotte said Mancillas had also a tree cutting service at the time of his death.
"He was well known in the community," he said. "Everybody liked Joe. There was nobody who didn't know Joe and he was a friend to everybody."
Flotte said he knew Mancillas for about 5 years.
"It was a tragedy," he said. "I am going to miss seeing Joe every day. It was just one of those freak accidents. You never really expect it."
10-18-2009 Death
Tree trimmer killed at job
A 63-year-old Cloudcroft business man is dead after he fell from a bucket truck while trimming pine trees Sunday, a police spokesman said.
Chief Matt Flotte said Joseph L. Mancillas was trimming some trees on Swallow Place at a local business.
Flotte said the village of Cloudcroft volunteer paramedics arrived on the scene and performed CPR.
"The medics landed a helicopter and worked on him for 20 minutes before pronouncing him deceased," Flotte said. "Mancillas fell from about 20 to 25 feet."
It was determined to be an accidental death, he said.
"He was utilizing his bucket truck to trim trees at a local business," Flotte said. "He fell out of the bucket and hit the ground at about 10 a.m."
He said Mancillas owned Cloudcroft Wrecker Service for over 35 years.
Born and raised in Cloudcroft, Mancillas worked in construction and logging while being a life long resident of the small mountain community.
Flotte said Mancillas had also a tree cutting service at the time of his death.
"He was well known in the community," he said. "Everybody liked Joe. There was nobody who didn't know Joe and he was a friend to everybody."
Flotte said he knew Mancillas for about 5 years.
"It was a tragedy," he said. "I am going to miss seeing Joe every day. It was just one of those freak accidents. You never really expect it."
