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Updated: Pleasant Grove man dies after tree falls on him

The 71-year-old man was reportedly attempting to cut down a tree when it split and fell on him, fatally injuring him.

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December 03, 2021 08:38 AM
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PLEASANT GROVE -- A 71-year-old Pleasant Grove man died Wednesday after a tree he was attempting to cut down split in two and fell on him, according to Olmsted County Sheriff's Capt. James Schueller.

Deputies responded to the 3500 block of 110 Street Southeast at 2:56 p.m. Wednesday in Pleasant Grove Township after the man's wife found him pinned to his tractor seat by part of a fallen tree.

The man sustained "significant" head trauma, said Schueller.

The man was identified Friday morning as Douglas Feine.

Related Topics: ACCIDENTSOLMSTED COUNTYSTEWARTVILLE-RACINE
Nora Eckert
By Nora Eckert
Nora Eckert has previously worked with NPR, The Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and undergraduate degree from St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis. She’s reported on national investigations into jail suicides, how climate change disproportionately affects the urban poor, the spread of coronavirus in nursing homes and the race for artificial blood. She joined the Post Bulletin team in January 2021 as their investigative reporter.
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