Tree Service Employee Killed in DeLand Work Accident

A worker for a tree service company was killed in DeLand this week when he was hit by a falling tree trunk on the job. The victim was confirmed by the Volusia Sheriff’s Office to be a 22-year-old man. The incident took place on Monday. At the time of the incident, the victim and a coworker were on a job cutting down trees on George Ryan Road, just west of Spring Garden Avenue. According to the VSO’s description of the incident, the coworker was lifted in a bucket truck and working with a chainsaw. The coworker was said to have looked at the area below him and seen that it was clear before he started cutting. After he looked back up to begin his work, the victim reportedly walked over from a work truck to the area underneath where the cutting was to occur. He was then struck when the tree trunk dropped down onto him. After the victim was hit, the coworker called 911 and began his own efforts to his partner’s life. Paramedics arrived to assess the victim, but unfortunately pronounced him dead at the scene. An investigation by the Volusia Sheriff’s Office determined that the death was accidental in nature.