Lawsuit filed in 22yo New Jersey man's death after he gets sucked into 'the Intimidator'

Lawsuit filed in 22yo New Jersey man's death after he gets sucked into 'the Intimidator'

The family of Eonias Mateo-Perez filed a wrongful death lawsuit after a wood chipper known as “the Intimidator” pulled Mateo-Perez to his gruesome death while he was on the job in central New Jersey. The incident occurred on July 10, 2024, while Mateo-Perez, who was 22 when he died, was performing landscaping work using a Bandit Industries Intimidator 15XP wood chipper. The family’s attorneys filed the suit on October 21, 2025, in Hunterdon Coun…