One person died after being struck by a fallen tree in Henry County, Tennessee.

HENRY COUNTY, Tennessee (WKRN) — After severe weather erupted in Middle Tennessee overnight, Henry County first responders said they were called to the scene of a deadly downed tree incident Saturday morning.

The Henry Volunteer Fire Department said units were dispatched to report that a tree had fallen on someone in the 800 block of Haglersville Road in Mansfield just before 10 a.m. Saturday, April 1.

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When firefighters arrived at the scene, they reportedly found a tree on top of an unconscious man on a tractor.

The ambulance service contacted death investigators, who pronounced the man dead at the scene, officials said.

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After the Henry County Sheriff’s Office reported the scene, Henry’s Volunteer Fire Department said its team was working to get the man out of the tractor.

According to preliminary reports, a tractor driver was trying to remove a fallen tree from the road when the incident occurred, causing the tree to hit a person, fire officials said.

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