Tree Kills Workman Cutting It Down
A tree trimmer died Sunday afternoon when a tree fell on him in Rancho Santa Margarita, authorities said.
Eugene Chang, 49, was cutting down the tree in a customer’s frontyard about 1:30 p.m. when it struck him, said Joseph Luckey, a supervising deputy coroner.
Chang was pronounced dead at Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center in Mission Viejo, Luckey said.
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