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Man falls approx. 20ft from ladder;dies
54-year-old Mattawan man was trimming branches
Updated: Monday, 19 Nov 2012, 10:49 AM EST
Published : Sunday, 18 Nov 2012, 11:13 PM EST
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) - A Mattawan man died after falling about 20 feet from a ladder Sunday.
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department officials told 24 Hour News 8 the 54-year-old man was at Wentzel's Greenhouse, 10325 Stadium Dr. in Texas Township, trimming branches Sunday afternoon.
Around 3:15 p.m., he was on a ladder and after cutting through a rather large branch, he lost his balance and fell.
The victim fell onto a pile of cut wood and pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim's name has not been released.
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