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Man, 90, killed when tree falls at senior home near Portland

By Associated Press
Published: May 5, 2017, 11:13pm

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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