Man killed by falling tree following major spring ice storm in Ontario [Video]

Ontario Provincial Police said a man in his late 70s was struck and killed by a fallen tree in the aftermath of a major ice storm late last month.

Peterborough County OPP said on Monday, officers were called to a home in the Otonabee-South Monaghan Township, just south of Peterborough, for reports that someone had been hit by a tree.

Officers spoke to a witness who stated the homeowner had asked them for help clearing trees damaged in the storm, police said.

“The two were both experienced in tree removal and had already felled four or five trees before the last one came down striking the one individual,” police said.

A 78-year-old man died at the scene, the OPP said.

On March 30, a major ice storm moved into several Ontario regions in the north and east of the GTA, leaving more than one million homes and businesses without power.