By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The Onalaska man hit on the back of the head by a tree being cut down on his property has died from his injuries.
John C. Hazen, 43, was flown to a Vancouver, Wa. hospital after the incident Monday morning off Allen Road.
Lewis County Fire District 1 Chief Mark Conner said he got word doctors took Hazen off life support on Monday night.
Hazen, who worked as a maintenance person for a local logging outfit, had his employer helping him his clear land, according to Conner. Conner said on Monday that Hazen, for whatever reason ran in front of an evergreen tree as it was being dropped.
The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death accidental, caused by blunt trauma to the head.
He worked for the company but didn’t have a hard hat on because he wasn’t part of the tree cutting crew, Conner said.