Man Killed in Logging Accident

A logging accident claimed the life of a local man Monday afternoon.
Dead is Norman Ferrell.
Ferrell died after a tree he was cutting fell on him. The accident occurred on a hillside in the Clear Fork area of Liberty at the end of Pistole Hollow Road.
“He had cut a tree down and it lodged in another tree and bounced back and fell on top of him,” said Joe Johnson of the Smithville-DeKalb County Rescue Squad. A couple of other loggers were in the area near Ferrell at the time of the accident and made the discovery.
Because of the terrain, members of the Smithville-DeKalb County Rescue Squad and EMS personnel had to access the scene in four wheel drive vehicles and a gator. “It was about three quarters of mile off the road and was hard to get to. We had to travel logging roads using a rescue squad and two personal four wheel drive vehicles,” Johnson continued.
“When we got there one of the loggers had taken a skidder to the tree and lifted the log off of him but he was already deceased. We then had to wait on the deputy coroner to arrive,” he said.
Ferrell’s body was brought out in a four wheel drive vehicle, taken to an awaiting ambulance at the road, and then transported to the hospital.