SIKESTON, Mo. -- A woman was pronounced dead Tuesday after an apparent tree-cutting accident in Sikeston.
The accident occurred while the woman was holding a ladder for someone who was cutting down tree limbs. One of the limbs fell on her, Scott County Coroner Scott Amick said.
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