Wabash County Logging Accident Kills Worker

Police say a logging accident in Wabash County killed an Ohio man yesterday. According to a news release from Wabash County Sheriff Leroy Striker, his department got a report yesterday afternoon that a logging company employee had found a coworker trapped and unresponsive under a fallen tree. Wabash County Coroner Marilyn McDonald pronounced the 34-year-old man dead at the scene. Striker says the preliminary investigation indicates that both employees of the logging company were cutting trees on opposite ends of a wooded property to make room for new housing. Striker says OSHA investigators planned to visit the scene today.