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Tree Trimmer Killed In Harford County Accident

FOREST HILL, Md. (AP) -- Harford County officials say a tree trimmer has died after becoming trapped between a falling limb and a tree trunk.

The county sheriff's office says 24-year-old Elmer Andreas Galdamez of Glen Burnie was pronounced dead at the scene in Forest Hill on Thursday. Officials say Galdamez was attempting to cut a large tree branch when it fell, trapping him about 30 feet above the ground.

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