Crime & Safety
Salem Tree Worker Killed In 50-Foot Fall In Massachusetts
A tree worker from Salem was killed working at a home in Rowley, Massachusetts.

SALEM, NH — A Salem tree worker was killed Thursday morning after falling 50 feet while working in Massachusetts, officials said. The worker was identified as David Bova, 34. The incident happened at about 7:30 a.m. in Rowley as the man was working for Mayer Tree Service at a Main Street residence.
"The man was in the tree preparing to remove a branch when he suddenly fell from approximately 50 feet up," Carrie Kimball Monahan of the Essex District Attorney's Office said in a statement. "He was transported to Anna Jacques Hospital where he was pronounced dead."
The death is not being considered suspicious, but the incident is under investigation.
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