A pair of deer peer through the woods from near a tree on the first day of regular firearms deer hunting season in most of Pennsylvania, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Fombell, Pa. The Pennsylvania firearms deer hunting season runs through Dec. 8 in most of the state.
Keith Srakocic / AP Photo
Keith Srakocic / AP Photo
A pair of deer peer through the woods from near a tree on the first day of regular firearms deer hunting season in most of Pennsylvania, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Fombell, Pa. The Pennsylvania firearms deer hunting season runs through Dec. 8 in most of the state.
(Boyertown) — State police say a deer hunter was killed in a fall from a tree stand in Pennsylvania.
Police in Berks County say the body of 69-year-old Thomas Kane of Hereford was found by relatives Tuesday night below the 30-foot-high stand in District Township.
Police said Kane was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma, and the death was ruled accidental.
Assistant Chief Coroner Kurt Katzenmoyer told the Reading Eagle on Wednesday that Kane’s relatives became concerned when he hadn’t returned from hunting in the afternoon, so they hiked to the spot he had used for many years and found his body.
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