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Great Falls Man Killed While Loading Log

The 30-foot log he and a neighbor were loading onto a truck slipped and rolled over him

By Molly Priddy

GREAT FALLS — Authorities say a Great Falls man died when a 30-foot log he and a neighbor were loading onto a truck slipped and rolled over him.

Raymond Hitchcock of the Cascade County Sheriff’s Office says 56-year-old Fredrick Joseph Pilgeram died Tuesday from blunt force injuries.

Hitchcock’s statement Wednesday says the tongs Pilgeram and the neighbor were using to load the logs slipped. Pilgeram jumped off the truck as the log began to roll, but he lost his footing and the log rolled over him.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.