SISSONVILLE — Police are investigating the death of a logger who was killed by a falling tree in Sissonville.
Metro 911 dispatchers say the man was cutting a large tree Wednesday afternoon when it fell on him.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim hasn’t been identified.
State News
December 17, 2009
Logger killed by falling tree in Kanawha County
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