Man dies after falling 25 feet from tree in Aitkin County
(KSTP)
Authorities say a Red Wing man died Thursday after he fell from a tree during a Fourth of July celebration in Aitkin County.
According to the Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office, 27-year-old Henry Cannon was climbing a tree along the shore of Gun Lake in Fleming Township when a 2-inch-wide branch snapped and he fell about 25 feet to the ground.
Cannon was taken to Riverwood Hospital in Aitkin for emergency care but was pronounced dead.