Fatal accident while felling trees

10/10/2026 · Mund (VS) · Forestry · Fatal

A 67-year-old retiree went alone to fell trees in a wooded area. Relatives later found him pinned under a trunk.

Never fell trees alone: if something goes wrong, help comes too late. Keep visual or voice contact, have an emergency plan and use a lone-worker alarm.

Source: Police cantonale valaisanne (FR) · polizeinews.ch (DE)