Coroner: Alabama teenager dies after accident while cutting trees with family member

Kelby Hutchison

May 3, 2024 at 1:39 p.m.

A Lee County teenager died Thursday after an accident while trimming trees in Phenix City, according to Russell County Coroner Arthur Sumbry Jr.

Sumbry identified the victim as Hunter Waller, 17.

Waller died from injuries sustained in an accident while he was cutting and trimming down trees with a family member, according to Sumbry.

Sumbry said an ambulance arrived at 4:49 p.m. to the scene in the 3400 block of 14th Street in Phenix City.

Waller was pronounced dead at 5:45 p.m., according to Sumbry.

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