BONITA, Calif.—A tree trimmer was killed Feb. 13 when palm fronds collapsed onto him as he was working to remove them from the top of a tall tree in a neighborhood near Chula Vista Golf Course, authorities reported.
The fatal accident occurred shortly before 11:30 a.m. in the front yard of a home in the 3600 block of Bonita Verde Drive in Bonita, according to the Chula Vista Fire Department.
When emergency personnel arrived, the 39-year-old victim’s co-workers were trying to free him from the heavy foliage that had pinned him to the palm tree about 50 feet off the ground, fire department Capt. Josh Sanders said….