85-year-old killed by falling tree in NYC storm, police say

FOREST PARK, N.Y. (PIX11) — One person is dead after the severe weather that tore through the city on Saturday night, according to authorities.

Police said an 85‑year‑old man was killed after being struck by a falling tree, it happened just before 9 p.m. in Queens.

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According to investigators, the tree came down along a trail in Forest Park, first responders rushed to the scene, but the man had already been crushed and did not survive.

In Maspeth trees toppled within minutes as the storm moved through…

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