Man killed in logging accident

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Investigators tell WSLS they believe a skidder rolled 15-16 times down a hill

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WSLS News Staff
Published: June 20, 2008

Updated 3:09 p.m.

The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office says the logging accident killed 69-year-old Haden Lee Dunbar.

Investigators tell WSLS they believe a skidder rolled 15-16 times down a hill, and Dunbar was not wearing a safety harness.

An OSHA investigator is on the scene.

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Original story 10:53 a.m.

A man is dead, after a logging accident this morning in Bedford County.

Sheriff’s deputies tell us the accident happened in a remote part of the Goose Creek Valley area. That’s near Montvale.

Deputies are using ATVs to get to the site to investigate.

The name of the man who died is being withheld until his family is notified.

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Posted by ( lucy2shoes ) on June 21, 2008 at 9:27 am

Haden was one of the nicest guys in the world and was so loved by his son David and Debbie, his girlfriend.
Haden lost his wife not long ago and she was his life. He was the kind of person who had a heart of gold and would do for others before himself. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. At last he is where he longed to be, in Heaven with his lifetime and only love, Margie.

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