Man Kills Himself After Being Trapped by Tree
A disabled man who was injured when a windblown tree crushed his trailer on Camano Island shot and killed himself as he lay trapped in the wreckage, authorities said.
The injuries that Richard Payne, 52, suffered when the tree fell on Christmas Day were not life-threatening, Island County Coroner Robert Bishop said. However, it did not appear that Payne had any means of summoning help, sheriff’s spokesman Jan Smith said in a statement. There was no phone in the trailer and no nearby neighbors. His body was discovered by a visitor the same day.
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