FREELAND, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — A Luzerne County man has died from injuries sustained in a house fire earlier this month.
Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio identified the victim as 55-year-old Richard L. Leepin of Freeland. Leepin was pronounced dead at 8:20 p.m. on March 27 at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest.
According to the coroner, an autopsy determined the cause of death to be complications from thermal injuries and smoke inhalation. The manner of death has been ruled accidental…