86-year-old killed by falling tree during storm in New York City park
Severe weather caused the death of an elderly man when a tree fell on him Saturday night in a New York City park.
A tree along a trail in Queens' Forest Park fell and killed the 86-year-old at around 8:30 p.m. during the storm that brought damaging winds, rain and even hail across the region.
Police identified the man as Zenon Reynarowyzh, of Queens.
It was not immediately known what he was doing in the park.
Trees down all over NYC
The New York City Parks Department said it received 259 reports of downed trees citywide as of 10 p.m. Saturday.
Elsewhere, video shows a tree crashed onto an apartment building in Fresh Meadows. No injuries were reported, but four apartments were evacuated as a precaution, according to the FDNY.
Another tree came down onto a home in Maspeth.
A tree also fell onto the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Woodside, causing traffic backups in both directions. It appeared to have fallen onto a car, but there was no immediate word on any injuries.
Trees crashed down onto cars in parts of the Bronx and Brooklyn as well.
Power outages
The storm system pelted the New York-New Jersey area, leaving thousands without power.
Con Edison is working to restore service to customers who lost power on Saturday night. The utility said as of 11 p.m. on Sunday it had restored power to 14,000 customers. A little less than 1,800 customers are still in the dark.
Con Ed says Westchester and Queens were the most impacted, adding about 95% of Westchester should have power restored. Most of Queens will have power back by 7 p.m. on Monday.
