Missouri driver killed after tree branch crashes through windshield

John R. Dean, 48, was driving a 2000 Pontiac Sunfire when the branch fell from a dead tree and struck the vehicle's windshield, according to the Missouri State Police.

Dean was impaled by the branch, the Post-Dispatch reported.

Dean was the only person in the car, according to the newspaper. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the highway patrol report.