A tree trimmer died after being getting trapped underneath palm fronds from the 50-foot tree he was working on in Phoenix over the weekend, according to authorities.

It's an answer to a threat literally looming over sidewalks and streets: palm fronds. Charles Herring, a motorman for the Pembroke Pines Police Department, died in 2023. He was on duty ...

Yepiz was rescued the day before by Phoenix firefighters, who used chainsaws to free him from the palm tree’s “skirt”, the dried fronds that hang from the trunk, that fell on him.

A 43-year-old tree trimmer died after being rescued from a palm tree in west Phoenix. The trimmer, Jaime Yepiz, was trapped under fallen palm fronds while working on a 50-foot tree. Firefighters ...

but he was stuck among a bunch of palm tree fronds. Officials believe he was knocked unconscious by parts of the tree. Rescuers had to use a chainsaw to free Yepiz after he spent about an hour ...

Tree trimmer Jaime Yepiz, 43, was working on a 50-foot palm tree when dried palm fronds fell on him Responders arrived to extricate him from the tree, using chain saws to free him after he was ...

Yepiz was reportedly found around the trunk of the tree, but he was stuck among a bunch of palm tree fronds. Officials believe he was knocked unconscious by parts of the tree. Rescuers had to use a ...