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New Jersey landscaper Hayden Balboa was killed by a wood chipper on Thursday
Balboa, 24, was working at a residence in a rural area
Prosecutors say death 'appears to be a tragic accident'
Balboa owned his own landscaping business in Califon, New Jersey

Published: 17:30 EST, 3 February 2017 | Updated: 17:52 EST, 3 February 2017

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A New Jersey landscaper is dead after a fatal encounter with a wood chipper on Thursday.

Hayden Balboa, 24, was killed while operating a wood chipper at a rural residence in Lebanon Township, a town of 6,400 about 50 miles west of Newark, New Jersey.

'This appears to be a tragic accident,' Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns III said in a statement.