Middlebury man falls to death while cutting tree

(WTNH) --A Middlebury man fell to his death Sunday morning while cutting a pine tree that had fallen in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

Michael Pranulis, 53, was cutting a tree in his yard on Charcoal Avenue when he became entangled in it and fell over forty feet to the ground.

He died this morning at St. Mary's Hospital after suffering head trauma and multiple fractures.

The tree was being cut as a result of clean up efforts after Hurricane Sandy.