Brandon Gmelin, who graduated in the Class of 2025 at Ridgefield High School, was a member of the high school’s lacrosse team and was named an All-FCIAC athlete in the spring.

Ridgefield High School was dealt a devastating blow. Brandon Gmelin, a member of the 2025 graduating class, was trying to ...

Brandon Gmelin, 18, of Ridgefield, Conn. died Wednesday evening in South Salem, N.Y. after being struck by a log splitter ...

Police say 18-year-old Brandon Gmelin of Connecticut was killed after a log splitter at a South Salem property rolled down a ...

Brandon Gmelin from Ridgefield, Connecticut, was pronounced dead at the scene after a tragic accident involving a log splitter in South Salem, Westc ...

An 18-year-old high school graduate in Ridgefield has died, officials say. Brandon Gmelin was killed in an apparent landscaping accident in South Salem, New York. Police saying Gmelin was attempting ...

The man was trying to move the log splitter that had been delivered for scheduled landscaping, officials said.

His "warmth, kindness, and unwavering friendship touched the lives of many, and his loss will be felt deeply," officials from his school said.

An 18-year-old from Ridgefield was killed in an accident involving a log splitter, according to police. The incident happened ...

An 18-year-old Connecticut resident was killed Wednesday evening, July 16, in a tragic incident involving heavy landscaping ...