An 18-year-old from Ridgefield was killed in an accident involving a log splitter, according to police. The incident happened Wednesday evening just over the state line in South Salem, New York.

Brandon Q. Gmelin, of Ridgefield, was attempting to move a log splitter around 6:30 p.m. at a home in South Salem when the equipment began to roll down a slope and hit him, according to New York State ...

A Connecticut man is dead after a suspected accident involving a log splitter at a home in New York on Wednesday. Authorities responded to a home in South Salem in Westchester County around 6:30 p.m.

RIDGEFIELD, CT. (WFSB) - A teenager from Ridgefield died in a log splitter accident in New York Wednesday. New York State Police said that troopers responded to a residence in South Salem in ...

(WRGB) — 18-year-old Brandon Gmelin from Ridgefield, Connecticut, was pronounced dead at the scene after a tragic accident involving a log splitter in South Salem, Westchester County, on Wednesday ...

An 18-year-old died after being struck by a log splitter, New York troopers said. Getty Images/iStockphoto An 18-year-old died after being hit by a log splitter, New York officials said. On July 16, ...