A Douglasville man helping a relative cut down a tree at a Fayetteville residence on March 7 was killed when a portion of the falling tree struck him in the head.
The accident occurred during the morning hours of March 7 at a residence on Braemar Road, off Burch Road, as 74-year-old Douglasville resident Timothy Bates was helping a relative who owned the home cut down a dead tree in the yard, said Fayetteville Police Department spokesperson Ann Marie Burdett.
Burdett said the tree split as it was falling, with a portion of the tree breaking off and striking Bates in the head. Bates died at the scene, Burdett said.
An unfortunate accident. Large dead trees or those with growth defects don’t always fall as you expect.