Tree trimmer dies after falling from truck in Colonial Heights

Tree trimmer dies after falling from truck in Colonial Heights

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. -- A man is dead after he fell from a truck while trimming trees near a home in Colonial Heights. The incident happened just before 10:00 Thursday morning outside a home on the 900 block of Jamestown Drive.Police say the victim, who was working for a tree-cutting company, was 50 feet off the ground trimming a tree limb while in a bucket truck. A rope attached to the tree broke free, which threw the victim from the bucket. H…

47-year-old man dies while trimming tree limb from bucket truck in Colonial Heights

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (WRIC) -- A 47-year-old man was found dead in Colonial Heights after police say he was trimming a tree limb from a bucket truck while working for a local tree cutting company and a rope broke free, throwing him from the bucket. At around 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 4, Colonial Heights police officers and firefighters responded to a home in the 900 block of Jamestown Drive for the report of an injured person. When emergency c…