Man Dies After Tree Falls on Him
Posted/updated on: February 15, 2014 at 5:03 pm
SMITH COUNTY — A Smith County man, hospitalized after he was trapped under a tree, has died. Fire officials tell KETK the call came in just before noon Thursday. Sam Johnson was cutting a tree down at his property on the 17000 block of County Road 136 when it fell on him, trapping him underneath. The trunk of the tree was about 15 inches in diameter, according to authorities. Johnson’s wife used a logging skidder to free her husband before emergency crews arrived on scene. He was transported to Tyler’s Mother Frances Hospital, where he died Thursday night.
