TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — A worker is dead after a palm tree skirt fell on him in Tempe on Sunday morning.
Just after 8:30 a.m., first responders were called for a tree rescue in the area of Maple Avenue and 12th Street, just east of Mill Avenue, according to the Tempe Fire Department.
Crews say a tree worker was climbing and trimming a palm tree when its skirt dislodged and fell on him, crushing him against the tree trunk…