OCALA, Fla. – Ocala police have identified a man they say was killed when a large oak tree fell on him during a storm on Thursday.
First responders were dispatched around 2:57 p.m. to the 700 block of SW 46th Avenue, where Hunter Parks, 37, was later pronounced dead, the Ocala Police Department said in a statement.
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Parks, whom the police department described as a landscaper for Grandview Landscaping Services, was with a co-worker near the tree before it fell, according to the statement.
Both of them ran from the tree when they heard it begin to crack, the co-worker in one direction and Parks in another, “ultimately placing (Parks) in the path of the falling tree,” police said.
Our hearts go out to the victim’s family and loved ones during this difficult time.
Ocala Police Department statement 5/30/2025 (excerpt)