Pushed the bottom, it fell back on him. I read about a kid who pushed on the pole of a rusted rail road sign which broke off halfway up ,came down and struck him. Same thing nearly happened to me, pushing on a dead tree ; I pushed the tree over .but the rotted out top half decide not to go along and came down like it traveling down an elevator shaft.
Odd coincidence , just the other day I watched a video about the dangers of trimming palm trees.
People try trimming them from the bottom up, the top portion snaps off and telescopes down on top of the trimmer. Top down is the only safe way to do it , so they say.
I had no idea.