By Associated Press - Friday, October 19, 2018

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say an employee of a tree service company died after falling about 60 feet in Kansas City, Kansas.

The Kansas City Star reports the accident occurred Friday when the boom bucket the worker was in broke and tilted sideways.

Police Chief Terry Zeigler said in a tweet the worker was taken to a hospital with critical injuries and later pronounced dead.



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Information from: The Kansas City Star, http://www.kcstar.com

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