The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from northern Iowa suffered fatal injuries during tree cutting incident, Thursday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to an area near the intersection of Highway 2 and the Lake Road east of Bedford, at around 3:55-p.m., after receiving a report about a man that was injured in a logging accident. Authorities said 24-year old, Johnathan Hindman, of Grundy Center, was attempting to get his chainsaw unstuck when a tree fell and struck him. Hindman was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy will be preformed by the State Medical Examiners in Ankeny.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office was assisted on scene by the Taylor County Ambulance, Bedford Fire Department, Clarinda EMS, LifeNet 2-3, Southwest Iowa Chaplain, Cumming Funeral Home and the Taylor County Medical Examiner.