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Falling tree kills woodcutter near 4th of July Pass

by KREM.com

Posted on November 21, 2009 at 7:57 PM

Updated Saturday, Nov 21 at 8:10 PM

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NEAR 4TH OF JULY PASS, Idaho - A tree fell on a woodcutter and killed him near 4th of July Pass late Saturday morning, according to the Kootenai Sheriff's Department.

A group of friends were cutting trees approximately three miles from Interstate 90 near Forest Service Road 614 when a tree that 34-year-old Sonny Von Scherrer of Kingston, ID was felling broke and struck him.

Von Scherrer died from his injuries.

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