LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The destruction left behind from a tornado five months ago, killed a man cleaning up the mess.
Danny Shelton from Deputy, Indiana dedicated his life to his job.The 48 year-old started helping his father logging when he was just six years old.
Shelton died Monday, using that skill to help others. He was cutting down mangled trees where a tornado tore through part of Clark County in March.
Tina Rowlett owns the small logging company. A property owner contacted her to clean up the tornado damage to profit from it and she sent two men out there Monday.
Rowlett says, "Everybody's pretty careful, everybody really pays attention to what they're doing but mother nature doesn't care."
We're told the wind picked up and a tree branch hit him, knocking him out. Minutes later, the tree he was cutting down crushed him.
Doug Dunlevy, Munro Township deputy fire chief, says, "This is a result of the tornado. Because they were logging tornado damage, the woods are real unstable, trees leaning against each other. From what I understand, there was one tree leaning against the tree he was cutting and it turned and fell on him."
It took nearly an hour for rescue crews to reach the man deep in the woods. Using off road vehicles, crew found Shelton about two miles back.
Dealing with so much devastation in a short period of time, the company doesn't know how it will be able to move on.
Rowlett says, "We got most of this side done we just gotta do the other side but I don't know now I might just quit, I don't know."
Shelton leaves behind a wife and three kids.
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