The tree trimmer was identified by authorities and loved ones as Jaime Yepiz, 43
- Tree trimmer Jaime Yepiz, 43, was working on a 50-foot palm tree when dried palm fronds fell on him
- Responders arrived to extricate him from the tree, using chain saws to free him after he was found unresponsive
- Yepiz later died of his injuries at an hospital after he was rescued, Phoenix police said
A man 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.
The Phoenix Police Department confirmed to PEOPLE that officers responded to the scene to assist efforts to rescue a man — identified as tree trimmer Jaime Yepiz, 43 — from a palm tree in a residential backyard.
The Arizona Republic reported that Yepiz was working on the tree when dried palm fronds fell on him…