SWANSEA, MASS. (WHDH) - A tree worker has died after being struck by a limb while working in Swansea on Thursday, police say.
Officials responding to a report of an injured tree worker at a residence on Deborah Lane around 10:45 a.m. found an unconscious man who had been working in the bucket of a tree truck when he was struck by a limb.
The man, later identified as Taylor Bowen, 28, of Rehoboth, was lowered from the bucket and bystanders began CPR.
Bowen was then transported to Rhode Island Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The incident is under investigation by Swansea Police Detectives, State Police Detectives assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office and OSHA.
No additional information has been released.
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