TAMPA — A 60-year-old man died Thursday afternoon after a tree branch he was trying to cut down knocked him off a ladder, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
John Knight, 60, was working on cutting down a tree branch at 5704 Puritan Road around 3 p.m. when a witness said it struck him, causing him to fall 20 to 25 feet off of ladder.
Paramedics were called to the scene and pronounced Knight dead at 3:19 p.m.