Man Trimming Trees in Rockford Dies in Accident

Rockford police say man died while trimming trees

ROCKFORD — A man died while doing work around a home in what the Rockford Police Department described as an "accident" Tuesday afternoon.

Man trimming trees in Rockford dies in accident

ROCKFORD, MI -- A man trimming trees in Rockford died in an accident Tuesday, Sept. 9, police said.

Police: Man killed in industrial accident while trimming trees in Rockford

ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — A Kent City man was killed in an “industrial accident” while he was trimming trees in Rockford, police say. It happened just after 1 p.m. Tuesday on West Bridge Street west of River Street, according to the Rockford Department of Public Safety. The 43-year-old man was trimming trees when “an accident occurred involving a towable trailer boom lift,” police said. The man died in the accident, the department said. His ident…

Tree trimmer dies in boom lift accident in Rockford

One person is dead after an accident involving a tree trimming boom lift in Rockford on Tuesday.A 43-year-old man from Kent City was working at a property on West Bridge Street when something happened to the lift, according to the Rockford Department of Public Safety.The man was trimming trees at the time. No one else was injured.Rockford Public Safety did not release the man's identity as it worked to notify family. The incident remains under i…