Police are investigating the death of a tree cutter who was killed Thursday morning while trimming trees for Con Edison  in Yorktown.

Yorktown Police spokesman Lt. Kevin Soravilla says the worker has been identified as 34 year old John Burke of Buchanan, who worked for the   Asplundh tree removal company, was in the turck bucket trimming trees on Route 132 and Wren Place when he was killed.

He was transported to Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt where he was pronounced dead.

Lt. Soravilla says the body has been taken to the Westchester County Medical Examiner's office to determine an exact cause of death.