Man dies in Oregon logging accident

A Dorena, Oregon, man died Thursday in a remote area east of Sweet Home while working on a logging operation, the Linn County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

The sheriff’s office received a call just after 3 p.m. for emergency rescue in the forest near Canyon Creek Road, it said. When deputies and police responded, members of the logging crew were trying to get Christopher Butler, 32, to a place where he could get medical attention. Butler’s injuries were fatal and he died before he made it to the hospital, the sheriff’s office said…

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