21 December 2004, Albany, Georgia
All Reggie Barnnett wanted to do was cut down a tree behind his girlfriend's house. It was the kind of good deed that might be expected of the 47-year-old associate pastor at Hines Memorial Church, who also helped out with the church's youth group. Instead, the uncooperative tree crushed him and started a fire that burned him beyond recognition.

Reggie had borrowed his father's pickup truck, apparently in the belief that he could yank out the bottom of the tree, which would then fall away from the truck. He tied the truck to the tree and floored the accelerator. The tree toppled onto the truck, crushing the cab and trapping Reggie. The still-running engine eventually overheated, starting a grass fire. The flames ignited the truck's gas tank, turning the truck into a fireball. Police said Reggie was probably dead before the truck caught fire.