Tree fell on 70 year old cutting firewood

Orangefield — The Associated Press is reporting; a Southeast Texas man has died after a tree fell on him as he tried to cut and collect some firewood.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office says 70-year-old Edwin Worthy of Orangefield was dead at the scene Tuesday afternoon.

Authorities say Worthy was cutting a large tree, on a neighbor's property, when the top got hung up in another tree. The cut tree snapped and broke loose, falling on Worthy.