Story Man Dies After A Tree Falls On Him

An elderly man is dead in Story after being crushed by a fallen tree.

The Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office says at around 10:35am this past Thursday (January 5th), emergency crews were called to the scene on John Lane and found the unresponsive man in his 70’s trapped underneath a tree.

Crews from the Story Volunteer Fire Department were able to remove the tree and initiated life saving measures, however he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sheridan County Sheriff Levi Dominguez says the investigation is still on-going, and speculates on what may have happened.

“It doesn’t appear that any foul play had occurred, that this was an accidental death and through our investigation and chatting with folks and interviewing individuals in the area, the male was in fact cutting trees down in the area.”

The name of the individual is being withheld pending notification of family.