Police ID man who died after being found on Burrillville trail

BURRILLVILLE, R.I. (WPRI) — The man who died after he was found under a tree branch on a hiking trail in Burrillville has been identified.

Police Chief Stephen Lynch said the victim is 62-year-old Edward Clish from Uxbridge.

Clish’s family went looking for him after he went hiking on Nipmuc Trail and didn’t return home Friday afternoon. They found him under a branch and unconscious.

BACKGROUND: Man dies after being found under tree branch in Burrillville

Burrillville police and the state medical examiner’s office are working together to investigate Clish’s death…

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