Falling tree kills Ocala man

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - The storm that moved through parts of North Central Florida on Thursday claimed the life of a landscape worker.

Ocala Police Department officials told TV20 that 37-year-old Hunter Parks was killed when a tree fell on him during a storm around 3 p.m. along Southwest 46th Avenue, south of Silver Springs Boulevard.

A co-worker told police he and Parks took shelter under the tree.  They heard it make a cracking sound and tried to run.  He got away, but Parks died at the scene.

No one else was injured.

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