MAN DECAPITATED WHEN WOOD CHIPPER SUCKS UP ROPE: NEVADA CITY (AP) — A Northern California tree trimmer has been decapitated after an industrial wood chipper apparently sucked up a rope tangled around his neck. Nevada County sheriff's deputies initially said 50-year-old Martin Lara was feeding brush and was pulled head-first into the wood chipper by the rope. But coroner's Sgt. Paul Schmidt tells Sacramento's KCRA-TVthat something got caught in the wood chipper and got tangled around Lara's neck, decapitating him.