A firefighter with the Green Pond Fire Department was killed late yesterday while cutting a down tree in his yard. Laurens County Coroner Nick Nichols said that 25-year-old Daniell Edward Kruger of 129 Tractor Drive, Gray Court died of Blunt Force Trauma to his head. Kruger had reportedly been cutting down a tree in the yard and the tree began coming down the wrong way. Daniell Kruger began running away but was struck in the head as the tree fell. A 911 called about the accident was made at 7:52 pm. Kruger was air-lifted to Greenville, where he was pronounced dead at 8:25 Sunday night.
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