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Tree-trimmer falls 60 feet to his death in Western Michigan

Police did not share man’s identity

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CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A commercial tree-trimmer died Tuesday when he fell between 60 feet to 70 feet from a tree, Michigan State Police said.

The man died at the scene in Claybanks Township west of Rothbury, police said.

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The 60-year-old man was from the Ovid area northeast of Lansing. Police did not immediately release his name.

The fall occurred around 12:45 p.m. on March 29, police said.

The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death.


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