PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. – A Creve Coeur man was killed while cutting trees in Peoria County on Saturday when a large tree limb fell on him.
The accident happened around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday on N. Hilltop Road, off Farmington Road.
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the man as 58-year-old Orin Burgess.
The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office says Burgess was on the ground pulling branches from a tree that had already been cut down. Another man cutting down trees nearby didn’t see him, and a large branch fell on Burgess, hitting him on the head.
Harwood says Burgess died instantly from a traumatic head injury.
The Coroner’s Office and the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office are investigating.
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