Minnesota tree trimmer charged in coworker’s death after on-the-job horseplay turns deadly

A tree-trimming employee, Christopher Boone Crimmins, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter after allegedly using a hydraulic grapple on his coworker, Tyler Anthony Lynch. The deadly incident occurred in Apple Valley, Minnesota, when authorities determined Crimmins was operating machinery and did not monitor the equipment while they were messing around, resulting in Lynch being crushed and pronounced dead at the scene.