LarryTheCableGuy
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SAN DIEGO -- Firefighters were too late to save a tree trimmer in East County whose motionless body dangled dozens of feet above the street on Monday.
When rescuers arrived a little after 4 p.m., the man's motionless body was hanging from rigging dozens of feet above the street near the intersection of Central Avenue and Lamar Street in Spring Valley. Officials said the man was apparently suffocated when heavy palm fronds collasped on him as he was cutting them. The man was believed to have been trapped for at least 15 minutes before firefighters arrived.
Rescuers used two hook and ladder trucks, at least one of which was from the La Mesa Fire Department, to get the man down. After freeing him from the tree, they strapped him to a backboard and slowly made their way down the ladder to the truck, where another half-dozen rescuers carried him to a waiting ambulance.
Paramedics tried to revive the man for about 15 minutes but were unsuccessful. He was prounounced dead at about 5 p.m.
Officials with the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as Rury Fredrico Valdez, 44, of San Diego.
When rescuers arrived a little after 4 p.m., the man's motionless body was hanging from rigging dozens of feet above the street near the intersection of Central Avenue and Lamar Street in Spring Valley. Officials said the man was apparently suffocated when heavy palm fronds collasped on him as he was cutting them. The man was believed to have been trapped for at least 15 minutes before firefighters arrived.
Rescuers used two hook and ladder trucks, at least one of which was from the La Mesa Fire Department, to get the man down. After freeing him from the tree, they strapped him to a backboard and slowly made their way down the ladder to the truck, where another half-dozen rescuers carried him to a waiting ambulance.
Paramedics tried to revive the man for about 15 minutes but were unsuccessful. He was prounounced dead at about 5 p.m.
Officials with the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as Rury Fredrico Valdez, 44, of San Diego.
sad indeed
