Tree falls on home, kills 84-year-old Pa. man

    An 84-year-old man died instantly when a tree fell on his home Saturday afternoon in Temple, Pennsylvania.

    Fox 29 reports the man was napping on his recliner when the tree, which was covered in snow, fell onto the home.

    Saturday’s storm moved through the area, dropping several inches of snow in parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Thousands of people in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are without power.

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