A landscaping worker was killed on a job in Goochland County on Friday when he was struck by a tree that apparently was felled by a strong gust of wind.
Javier Hernandez, 56, of Henrico County was working with a crew at a residence in the 200 block of Hill Point Road in the Lower Tuckahoe subdivision when the tree fell and struck him. Hernandez's adult son also was working at the location, said Deputy Sheriff Chad Hatton of the Goochland County Sheriff's Office.
Hatton said the incident occurred shortly after 1 p.m. and that a supervisor for the landscaping company called 911. Units from the Goochland emergency services arrived shortly thereafter, and Hernandez was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sheriff's deputies conducted an investigation and had Hernandez's body taken to the state's chief medical examiner, as is standard whenever death from trauma is attributable to an accident.
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