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Police Investigate After 76-Year-Old Is Fatally Struck by Felled Tree Near Eggstätt

Published accounts differ on whether the emergency unfolded Wednesday or Thursday.

Overview

  • The victim was working in a forest near Eggstätt in the Rosenheim district of Upper Bavaria when a felled tree hit him.
  • Emergency responders attempted resuscitation, but the man died at the scene from severe injuries.
  • Kriminalpolizei Rosenheim has opened an inquiry under the direction of the Staatsanwaltschaft Traunstein.
  • TAG24, citing police, reports an emergency call was received on Thursday around 12:20.
  • A dpa report in Die Zeit states he died on Wednesday at the scene, and the precise sequence remains unclear.