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An Amish man from Indiana County died Tuesday afternoon after a large branch fell on him in Hempfield Township where he was cutting trees.
Daniel H. Byler, 24, of Rochester Mills, was part of a two-person crew cutting timber in a wooded area north of Route 30 near Adamsburg when the accident occurred at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Byler was cutting a large tree that was connected to another tree by vines. When the tree fell, the vines snapped a large branch on the other tree. That branch fell and struck Byler on the head, according to Westmoreland County Deputy Coroner Joseph Musgrove.
Daniel H. Byler, 24, of Rochester Mills, was part of a two-person crew cutting timber in a wooded area north of Route 30 near Adamsburg when the accident occurred at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Byler was cutting a large tree that was connected to another tree by vines. When the tree fell, the vines snapped a large branch on the other tree. That branch fell and struck Byler on the head, according to Westmoreland County Deputy Coroner Joseph Musgrove.