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Officials: 69-Year-Old Man Dead After Falling From Tree Stand While Hunting In Reading

READING, Pa. (CBS) -- Officials say a 69-year-old man is dead after falling from a tree stand while hunting in Reading. Family members reportedly found the body of Thomas Kane, of Hereford, below his tree stand in a wooded area near the 400 block of Conrad Road in District Township around 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The tree stand was approximately 30-feet in the air.

Kane was pronounced dead on the scene.

The Berks County Coroner's Office determined blunt force trauma was the cause of death.

 

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