CANOGA PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A worker was killed when he was impaled by an iron fence after falling during a tree trimming operation in Canoga Park Monday afternoon, authorities said.

The incident was reported just before 3:20 p.m. in the 7400 block of Canoga Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Fire officials said the tree trimmer fell from a tree and landed on the fence. The worker was pronounced dead at the scene.

Further details were not immediately released, and it's unknown what caused the man to fall.

The victim's name has not been released.

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