JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police were dispatched to the scene of a fatality accident Jan. 30 when a 30-year-old Johns Creek man was killed while working with his father’s tree company.
A woman who was on the scene off Medlock Bridge Road provided police with a recording of the incident, showing a white pickup truck pulling a large tree in the woods and a tree falling toward the area where the victim had been working.
An employee of the tree company told police he, another employee, the victim and the victim’s father were cutting down a tree when a branch fell and hit the victim in the head. The employee told police he did not believe the victim was wearing a hard hat.
The employee told police he checked the victim’s heart and felt it still beating but that the victim did not respond when spoken to. The employee said there had been a 10 to 15-minute delay before police and EMS arrived, according to the incident report.
The victim was declared deceased at the hospital, the report says.
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