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UPDATE: Englewood Homeowner Killed By Fallen Tree Limb, Mayor Says UPDATE: Englewood Homeowner Killed By Fallen Tree Limb, Mayor Says
Update: Englewood Homeowner Killed By Fallen Tree Limb, Mayor Says UPDATE: A 52-year-old Englewood homeowner died after he was struck by a falling tree limb Saturday morning, Mayor Michael Wildes said. The pinned Curry Avenue homeowner was in cardiac arrest and bleeding heavily when police arrived shortly before 11 a.m. He’s been trimming the tree with a gas-powered chainsaw when the limb fell, knocking him off a ladder more than 10 feet off the ground, responders said. "His legs were pinned under the tree [limb] and he had to be extricated," Wildes said. Firefighters used air bags to free the homeowner, who suffered a severely damaged right leg and ches…

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by Jerry DeMarco