A tree trimmer died after being getting trapped underneath palm fronds from the 50-foot tree he was working on in Phoenix over the weekend, according to authorities.

A 43-year-old tree trimmer died after being rescued from a palm tree in west Phoenix. The trimmer, Jaime Yepiz, was trapped under fallen palm fronds while working on a 50-foot tree. Firefighters ...

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Another tree trimmer was pronounced dead in 1990 after hundreds of pounds of dead fronds fell on him at a home in west Phoenix that caused him to suffocate, according to The Arizona Republic archives.

A tree trimmer who was rescued from a 50-foot palm tree in Phoenix died from his injuries.

A Phoenix tree trimmer who was rescued from 50 feet above on May 10 has died from his injuries, his family says on GoFundMe.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, palm fronds can collapse and encase a tree trimmer if they cut or pull dead fronds, adjacent fronds or a ring of fronds.

Phoenix Fire previously said firefighters used chainsaws to free the tree trimmer after dried palm fronds fell on him as he worked on a 50-foot tree. The fronds hung from the trunk's skirt.

Rescuers had to use a chainsaw to free Yepiz after he spent about an hour trapped under the palm tree’s skirt. (Arizona's Family) “All hell broke loose,” he said. Chard watched three men work on the ...

A tree trimmer who was rescued from a 50-foot palm tree in Phoenix died from his injuries.

A tree trimmer who was rescued from a 50-foot palm tree in Phoenix died from his injuries.