The Pennsylvania State Police have ruled a death accidental after an investigation in Branch Township.According to police, on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 between the hours of 12:55pm and 2:43pm, Robert Yeager, 67, of Pottsville had been working underneath a vehicle in a garage, when the vehicle fell off of wooden blocks and landed on him.
The victim was found approximately 2:45pm.
Yeager was pronounced dead at the scene by a Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner.
After an investigation, the Pennsylvania State Police Forensics Unit ruled the death accidental.