BENNINGTON, Neb. (AP) — One person was killed and another seriously injured when an attempt to cut down a tree at a construction site northwest of Omaha went wrong, Douglas County officials said.

Deputies and firefighters were called Wednesday afternoon to the scene just south of the Omaha suburb of Bennington. A person called 911 to say that people had been injured by a fallen tree that was being cut down.

Investigators said a cutting crew was working to cut down a large tree that fell the opposite way of what was expected. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says the tree fell directly onto Mathew Thompson, of Yutan, crushing him. He died at the scene.

Another worker, Cooper Lippincott, of Blair, was taken to an Omaha hospital with serious leg injuries.