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'His Spirit Was Like No Other': Community Rallies Around Palmer Man Killed By Falling Tree
Joshua Przybycien died doing what he loved, in a place he loved, with the woman he loved more than anyone else in this world, his family said.
The 33-year-old Palmer man died on Friday, Sept. 8, after a tree fell on him while he was camping with his fiancée, Katy Workman, in Somerset, Vermont. A violent thunderstorm brought heavy rains and high winds, which toppled the tree, Vermont State Police said. No one else was injured.
Joshua's family and friends created a GoFundMe to help pay for his funeral. The campaign had raised nearly $10,000 as of 1 p.m. Monday, less than a day after it was…
Medical Examiner Issues Ruling In Death Of New England HS Player
The death of a Connecticut high school hockey player after an on-ice collision has been ruled accidental.
The state's chief medical examiner announced on Monday, Jan. 10 that Teddy Balkind, a 10th-grader at St. Luke’s School in New Canaan, who died on Thursday, Jan. 6, during a game died from an "incised wound of the neck," and the incident was officially ruled as accidental.
Balkind, age 16, was killed around 5 p.m., during a junior varsity game at the Brunswick Upper School in Greenwich.
The tragic accident occurred when Balkind fell to the ice, and another player who was near him was u…
