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STATE COLLEGE — Authorities say a man was killed while cutting down trees for firewood.

State police in Centre County say the man was cutting trees when a tree fell on him at about 7 p.m. Friday.

Coroner Scott Sayers identified the man as 81-year-old Dale Musser and said his family went to check on him and found him unresponsive.

Sayers said Musser died of blunt force trauma and ruled the death accidental.

PITTSBURGH — Police say two Pittsburgh officers were injured and two men were arrested after what they call “large and unruly” crowds flooded into the street on the city's South Side.The city's public safety department says officers were called to the area just before 2:15 a.m. Sunday, where people had filled the street, stopping traffic in both directions and surrounding vehicles in the street.The department says one officer was writing a traffic citation in an emergency lane when a driver drove over his left foot. He and another officer who injured his knee were taken to UPMC Mercy in stable condition.Two men, both unidentified, were arrested before police managed to disperse the crowd just before 3 a.m. The reason for the disruption wasn't immediately clear.

PITTSBURGH — Authorities say an apartment building fire in Pittsburgh injured two firefighters, sending one of them to a hospital.The Pittsburgh public safety department said the blaze was reported in a four-story building in West Oakland on Saturday afternoon.Public safety officials say one of the two injured firefighters was taken to a hospital and reported in stable condition.Crews said the building had heavy smoke billowing through the roof. The cause of the blaze wasn’t immediately clear.

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