KAYSVILLE, Utah — A man rescued from a tree in Kaysville and being knocked unconscious while working 30 feet in the air has died from his injuries, fire officials said.
The Kaysville Fire Department responded Wednesday, along with the Layton and Farmington fire departments, after receiving a 911 call about the incident outside the Kaysville home.
When crews arrived, they found Santos Baudilio Perez harnessed and unresponsive in the tree. During the rescue attempt, Perez went into cardiac arrest as emergency teams attempted to revive him.
Perez was making the final cut on the top half of the tree when it fell and hit him.
Using a system set up by rope rescue technicians, Perez was brought to the ground before being transferred to a University of Utah AirMed helicopter and transported to the hospital where he later died.
Officials originally said Perez was 25 years old before correcting his age on Thursday.
