What a horrific accident. A tree surgeon passed away this week after a series of accidents ended up with him in a wood chipper.
According to a police report obtained by The Sun, Joseph “Joey” Wesley Manire had been trimming trees in Owensboro, Kentucky, on Monday night.
But things took a tragic turn when the 46-year-old tree surgeon somehow got tangled in a string of Christmas lights and fell into the dangerous machine, which shreds unusable tree branches into wood chips.
We don’t even want to imagine what that might do to the human body. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene. Hopefully it was over in an instant. Related: Missing Florida Boy Found Dead Days After Falling Into Boat Propeller The terrible incident occurred near the Owensboro Christmas Lights, a popular light display in the town that was started by one of the local families 25 years ago.
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