PORTLAND — A 90-year-old man has died from injuries suffered when a tree fell at a senior care home in West Linn, Ore..
Authorities said Robert Ruff was sitting on a patio Thursday afternoon when the tree came down.
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue took Ruff to a Portland hospital, where he later died.
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