December 18th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

From WV Metro News:

A man is dead after a Monday logging accident in Hampshire County. According to the Hampshire County Sheriff’s Office, Earl Hott, 53, of Ridgeley, died after a being struck by a large tree limb. Witnesses told police that a tree Hott was cutting down cut backwards and struck a dead tree nearby. A large limb from the dead tree then broke loose and fell on Hott. Hott died immediately from blunt force trauma.The incident remains under investigation.