Dawsonville tree cutter falls to his death

SANDY SPRINGS - A 29-year-old man working for Superior Arbor Management Inc. of Dawsonville fell to his death in Sandy Springs after the tree he was cutting snapped below him.

Lt. Steve Rose with the Sandy Springs police department says the man, whose name has not been released, plunged at least 60 feet when the tree toppled with him attached. The victim was part of a three-person crew working behind a home.

Company president Tim Costley declined comment to The Associated Press other than to say the company is "grieving" over the death