Officials in southeastern Pennsylvania are blaming a freak woodworking accident on the death of a man in his late sixties. The incident was first reported around 4:30 p.m. Monday in Lower Southampton Township, Bucks County. When emergency crews responded to a call for a rescue, they found the man stuck inside a wood chipper, dead from his injuries. “Unfortunately, landscaping and tree work is dangerous work,” said Lower Southampton Township Police Chief Ted Krimmel. “With Christmas coming up, it’s terrible. I can’t really imagine a worse thing that happened this time of year to a family.” Police confirmed the victim was the father of an officer for the Philadelphia Police Department.
BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. —
Officials in southeastern Pennsylvania are blaming a freak woodworking accident on the death of a man in his late sixties.
The incident was first reported around 4:30 p.m. Monday in Lower Southampton Township, Bucks County.
When emergency crews responded to a call for a rescue, they found the man stuck inside a wood chipper, dead from his injuries.
“Unfortunately, landscaping and tree work is dangerous work,” said Lower Southampton Township Police Chief Ted Krimmel. “With Christmas coming up, it’s terrible. I can’t really imagine a worse thing that happened this time of year to a family.”
Police confirmed the victim was the father of an officer for the Philadelphia Police Department.