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Tree trimmer dies after fall
Posted: 05.19.2010 at 3:04 PM
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An Horry County man fell 60 feet to his death Wednesday morning in Georgetown County.

Midway Fire Rescue tells NewsChannel 15 that the man was trimming a tree on Sleepy Hollow Place in Pawleys Island just before noon, when he fell from the tree.

Midway spokesman Bob Beebe says the man was taken to Georgetown Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Georgetown County Coroner Kenny Johnson says the victim is Bill Hucks, 48, of Galivants Ferry.

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