Falling tree branch kills driver in Cleveland

Saturday January 19, 2013 1:45 PM

CLEVELAND (AP) — Police in Cleveland say a 37-year-old man has died after a large tree branch fell onto his car at a freeway exit.

Police say the man died Saturday morning about six hours after the branch struck his car late Friday night.

The accident happened along Interstate 90.

Police say the man was stopped on an exit ramp when the branch fell and trapped him inside the car.

Cleveland fire and rescue workers were able to free the man, but he later died at a hospital.

The victim's name has not been released.

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