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New Jersey Landscaper Dies In Wood Chipper Accident

LEBANON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS/AP) — A New Jersey community is in shock after a landscaper was killed operating a wood chipper in Hunterdon County.

Authorities say 24-year-old Hayden Balboa of Washington Township owned a landscaping company and was working at a home on Musconetcong Road in Lebanon Township on Thursday when the accident occurred.

Prosecutors say the death appears to be accidental.

No further details were available.

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