Bedford, Virginia – On 5/13/2016 at 11:32 a.m., Bedford County 911 Center received a call in reference to a work accident that had occurred on private property in the 1800 block of Turkeyfoot Rd. in Forest, VA. Upon arrival deputies determined, that a crewmember of a tree-service company who was conducting work at the location had been struck by a company truck and killed.
There does not appear to be anything suspicious about this incident and pending further investigation by the medical examiner’s office and notification of next-of-kin, there is no additional information available for release at this time. The Office of Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) was contacted and responded to the scene to conduct their own investigation.