Police: Falling limb kills tree trimmer

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A tree trimmer was killed on the job Monday evening when a limb fell on him.

The accident happened about 6 p.m. at a home on Ortega Forest Drive. Police said 41-year-old Michael Urbaniak, of Atlantic Beach, was cutting limbs at a home when a large branch fell, hitting him on the head. Rescue personnel called to the scene were unable to revive Urbaniak.

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The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office police said no one was living in the house, so it was unclear who had hired the tree-trimming service.

Homicide investigators were called to the scene, but there was not indication Urbaniak's death was anything other than an accident.