A tree trimmer died after getting caught in a wood chipper while trimming trees at a town hall near Miami, officials said.

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OCEAN RIDGE, Fla. (WPEC) — A man was killed after he was caught in a wood chipper in Florida. The deadly accident occurred Tuesday 9:30 a.m. while the man, a contracted tree trimming vendor with Carlton Tree Service, was trimming trees by himself on the first day of a project at the town hall and police department property.

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A Florida tree-trimmer died in a horrifying accident when he was pulled headfirst into a woodchipper and decapitated Tuesday morning.

Florida officials said a man was killed on Tuesday in a wood-chipper accident at a town hall. WPEC reported that the contracted tree trimming vendor with Carlton’s Tree Service was on a project at Ocean Ridge Town Hall and Police Department property when the accident occurred.

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A Florida man was tragically killed this week after being pulled headfirst into a wood chipper. The unnamed man was a tree trimmer with Carlton’s Tree Service. He was working Tuesday morning at the Ocean Ridge Town Hall and Police Department property when the tragedy occurred.