Jerry Wayne Wiser of Hoodoo Road, Beechgrove was killed during a logging accident in Cannon County on Monday, May 12.

A coworker by the name of Donald Curlee, stated that he and Mr. Wiser were cutting tries on a hill side when the accident occured. Wiser had stopped to sharpen his blade on his saw when another worker started yelling that a tree was going to fall. It ended up being two trees that fell and hit Mr. Wiser pinning him between the two. Curlee stated that he had to cut the tree off of Wiser.

The owner of Alford Logging Company, Eddie Lee Alford was able to get a truck up to the site and take Wiser to Stones River Hospital in Woodbury. Wiser was pronounced dead with severe trauma to the chest.

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