A tree service worker was killed Tuesday morning while clearing storm damage in Newtown Square, Delaware County, after a tree fell and struck him during a cleanup operation.
Authorities identified the victim as 43-year-old Gilberto Senecio Feregrino of West Chester. He was working with a crew from Flynn Tree Services on Earles Lane when the incident occurred. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene shortly after the collapse.
According to reports, the crew had been removing a downed tree following severe weather that moved through the region when a separate tree—one not being actively cut—fell unexpectedly and struck Feregrino…