Pa. first responders rescue woman trapped in bed by fallen tree

HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Emergency crews from numerous companies from Berks and Lebanon counties teamed up to rescue a woman from her South Mountain home after a fallen tree cut through the roof overnight and pinned her in bed.

Crews were called shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday to the home in the 600 block of Furnace Street in Heidelberg Township, about 2 miles south of Robesonia, for a report of a tree into a house with trapped occupants.

Upon arrival, Robesonia Fire Company Chief John Christman reported the second floor was completely collapsed. A crew confirmed an occupant was pinned by a 100- to 200-foot tree and debris…

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