Man Killed In Wood-Cutting Accident
Last updated Friday, December 10, 2004 10:19 PM CST in News
By Don Dailey
The Morning News
ROGERS -- A Rogers man was killed Thursday near Gateway when a tree he was cutting down hit his head.
Billy Head, 45, was cutting firewood at about 3:30 p.m. in a field near the New Prospect Church on Gann Ridge Road when the accident happened, said Doug Gay, the Benton County Sheriff's Office public information officer.
Head cut partially through a tree with a chain saw, and the tree split and began to fall. The bottom portion of the tree trunk swung upward and struck his head and threw him 12 feet, Gay said.
Two others were cutting wood with Head and one of them, Jeanette Gustavus, called 911 on a cell phone, but Head was dead when paramedics arrived, Gay said.
Head was pronounced dead on the scene by a deputy coroner at 4:15 p.m., Gay said.
Head was the owner of Best Brake and Muffler Inc. of Rogers.
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