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A 48-year-old man has died after falling 35 feet on an iron fence while trimming a tree in California, according to fire officials

Family has identified the victim as Rogelio Cruz, who had 20 years of experience as a tree trimmer

The man's brothers were reportedly at the scene of the incident when the fatal fall occurred

A man has died after falling on an iron fence while trimming a tree in California, authorities said.

The incident occurred at 3:24 p.m. local time on Monday, Dec. 1, along Canoga Avenue and Valero Street in Canoga Park, according to a news release from the Los Angeles Fire Department.

A man was trimming a palm tree when he “fell 35 feet onto a 10 foot high iron fence,” fire officials said, adding, “Tragically, this fall rendered the patient beyond medi

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