Crime & Safety
Tree Trimmer Killed in Nissequogue
Thursday's death was the second tree-trimming accident in the past two weeks in Smithtown.
A South Carolina tree trimmer was killed on Thursday, according to Suffolk County Police, after a broken limb struck him in the head in Nissequogue.
Police said the man – 36-year-old David Freberg, of York, S.C. – was attempting to trim a fallen tree in the woods around 12:15 p.m. behind 42 James Neck Rd. Freberg was employed by Patriot Tree Service.
Thursday's accident was the second in the area in the past two weeks; last Tuesday, a Centereach man was killed when he was struck in the head while trimming trees behind the Hauppauge Palace Diner on Route 347 in Hauppauge.
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The tree had fallen during last week's storm, according to police.
Freberg was transported to Stony Brook Hospital by Saint James Ambulance, where he was pronounced dead.
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Police are investigating the incident.
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