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Tree-trimmer killed in horrific wood chipper incident
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A worker on a tree-trimming crew in Menlo Park was killed Tuesday in an incident involving a wood-chipper, CBS News Bay Area reports.
Video showed police and fire department personnel gathered around a wood chipper that had a yellow tarp covering a portion of the machine.
Menlo Park police said officers responding to a report of a tree-trimmer who'd fallen into a wood chipper found a man dead from injuries sustained in the incident.
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