Fallen Tree Crushes Man, 71, In North Jersey, Police Say

SUSSEX COUNTY, NJ — A man is dead after a tree fell on top of him in Sussex County, according to police.

Police were called to a home on Central School Road in Wantage on Wednesday around 2:30 p.m. after receiving reports of a tree falling on someone, officials said.

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Authorities arrived to find that a large tree had fallen on Thomas Speed, 71, of Wantage, according to police. He was pronounced dead at the scene, they added.

An investigation is underway into Speed's death, and it's not clear what caused the tree to fall, according to officials.