Warren County man dies after falling, getting pinned by rocks

Authorities say a man doing yard work on his Adirondack property has died after he fell off a rock ledge and was pinned under boulders that fell on him.

Officials in the Warren County town of Hague say the man was using a leaf blower Monday afternoon when he leaned against a tree, causing it to snap. The man then tumbled over a 22-foot ledge.

Renee Swinton, head of the Hague Volunteer Fire Department's ambulance service, says the fall knocked loose several large boulders that landed on the man, whose name hasn't been released.

A call to state police investigating the death wasn't immediately returned Tuesday.

Swinton said the man was dead when he was found about two hours after the accident. She said he appeared to be in his mid-60s.

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