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NYCHA Worker Killed by Falling Tree During Nor’easter in Brooklyn
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- Sep 27, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC
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A maintenance supervisor was walking by a massive tree when part of it fell and hit and killed him.
Sam Mills, of Canarsie, said he saw Leighton Brown while he was on his way to work - just hours before he died.
The man was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.