A forestry worker who was killed in a logging accident in Nelson yesterday has been named.
Michael Steven Langford, of Korere, died after being pinned between two trees at a private forestry site off Foxhill Cemetery Road.
The 28-year-old was discovered by a colleague.
An investigation into his death is on-going, police said today.
Murupara father David Charles Beamsley, 63, died on Tuesday afternoon in a tree felling accident in Kaingaroa Forest.