Logger dies after being hit by falling tree in Eastern Kentucky
A logger died while working in Breathitt County Thursday afternoon, Kentucky State Police said.
Taylor Neace Jr., 40, of Lost Creek, was cutting a tree when it fell and hit him, according to a news release from state police.
State police said they were called to the job site on Williams Road in the Vancleve community at 2:56 p.m. Emergency medical personnel also responded.
The Breathitt County Coroner’s Office pronounced Neace dead at the scene.
State police said an autopsy was to be conducted by the medical examiner, and state police are investigating.
An obituary shared on Facebook by Breathitt Funeral Home said Neace is survived by his mother and siblings and “enjoyed four wheeling, fishing and deer hunting” in his spare time.
