GRAY COURT, S.C. — A volunteer firefighter died Sunday after a tree he was cutting down at his home fell on him.
The State reported that 25-year-old Daniel Edward Kruger died when he was unable to get out of the way of the falling tree.
Officials said he was airlifted to a hospital and was later pronounced dead. He died as a result of blunt force trauma.
Kruger was a volunteer firefighter with the Greenpond (S.C.) Fire Department.