RIPLEY, New York (WJW) – A man from Middlefield, Ohio died Saturday in a logging accident in western New York.
According to an accident report from the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the town of Ripley Saturday morning just before 9:30 a.m.
According to the report, David Byler, 46, of Middlefield was cutting trees when a tree fell on him.
Byler died at the hospital the following day.
