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Elderly Man Dies After Tree Cutting Accident

ROWLEY (CBS) – An 81-year-old Rowley man died from injuries he suffered when a tree fell on him Thursday morning in Rowley.

Rowley Tree
Investigators on scene after a tree landed on a man on Main Street in Rowley. (WBZ-TV)

The man was helping a neighbor cut down the tree on Main Street just after 11 a.m. when it landed on him.

MedFlight was called to the scene. The man was transported to a Boston hospital with life-threatening injuries but did not survive.

Rowley Tree
An 81-year-old man was injured when a tree he was helping a neighbor cut down fell on him. (WBZ-TV)

No further details are currently available.

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