Man critical after tree branch falls on his head while sitting on park bench in Brooklyn

BED-STUY, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A tree branch fell and hit a man on the head in Brooklyn.

It happened around 8:15 a.m. Sunday as the man was sitting on a park bench at Reinaldo Salgado in Bed-Stuy.

The victim is at Kings County Hospital in critical condition.

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