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Man Killed By Falling Tree In Marin County's Muir Woods ID'd
A man killed by a falling tree in the Muir Woods National Monument has been identified as Subhradeep Dutta of Minnesota, officials said.
MARIN COUNTY, CA — A 28-year-old Minnesota man killed by a falling tree Tuesday in the Muir Woods National Monument has been identified as Subhradeep Dutta, according to the Marin County coroner's office.
Dutta, a resident of Edina, Minnesota, was hit by the tree at about 4:40 p.m. while walking on a path in the park, coroner's officials said Thursday.
He was found "unconscious and lifeless beneath a large redwood tree" in the Hillside Trail area and emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene at about 5 p.m., according to the coroner's office.
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An autopsy is scheduled for Friday.
Another person was hurt by the falling tree and was taken to Marin General Hospital with injuries that aren't considered life-threatening.
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According to his LinkedIn and Facebook profiles, Dutta was an engineer with Seagate Technology, a data storage company based in Cupertino, and was originally from Jamshedpur, India.
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