SUSSEX COUNTY, NJ — A man is dead after a tree fell on top of him in Sussex County, according to a report from NJ.com.
On Wednesday, around 2:30 p.m., police were called to a home on Central School Road in Wantage on reports of a tree falling on someone, the report says.
According to NJ.com, authorities arrived to find that a large tree had fallen on Thomas Speed, 71, of Wantage. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the report adds.
An investigation is underway into Speed's death, and it's not clear what caused the tree to fall, NJ.com says.
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