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A logging accident has claimed the life of a 53-year-old British Columbia man just two months after he was reunited with his autistic son and his mother was arrested in the U.S.

Danny Dimm’s five-year-old son Timber was returned to him in August after years of legal wrangling with the boy’s mother, a U.S. citizen who had moved their child to Minnesota.

She was arrested on accusations of abducting the boy and failing to meet the terms of a custody agreement in which Mr. Dimm had visiting rights.

RCMP Sgt. Fran Bethell said Mr. Dimm was killed Monday while he and another man were clearing trees on a property south of Lillooet, 113 kilometres west of Kamloops.

“Unfortunately around 10 a.m. there was an accident involving a loader and Mr. Dimm was killed instantly when a heavy piece of equipment fell on him,” she said.

Mr. Dimm’s sister Jewel-Ann Juriansz said it’s too soon to tell what will happen to Timber.

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