EXETER, N.H. (WHDH) - A worker was crushed to death last week while cutting down a tree in Exeter, New Hampshire, officials said.

Emergency crews responding to Garrison Lane around 11:30 a.m. found an Urban Tree Company worker who had been struck by a falling tree, according to the Exeter Police Department.

The worker, who authorities identified as 44-year-old Keith Hussey, of Rochester, was pronounced dead at the scene.

OSHA is assisting with an investigation.

No additional details were available.

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