Sydney man killed in freak accident after falling on chainsaw while trimming hedges in Artarmon

A man has died following a freak accident on Sydney’s lower North Shore.

It’s understood the man in his 50s fell from a tree and landed on a chainsaw at Artarmon on Tuesday evening.

He suffered a large cut to his right arm after the three-metre fall.

Paramedics quickly arrived at the scene to treat the man who was suffering major blood loss.

Ambulances and a fire truck attended the scene.