State police in New Castle said an 85-year-old Slippery Rock Township man died accidentally Friday, Dec. 13, after he was using a gasoline-operated wood splitter in his close garage.

Donald Robinson was using the splitter with the doors closed in the garage of his home on Shaffer Road in the afternoon. His 84-year-old wife went to check on him and found him unconscious at 12:45 p.m., police said.

She called her 60-year-old son, who immediately left his home and called 911. The township fire department responded and found Robinson deceased and found his wife and son unresponsive in the garage, police said.

The wife and son were taken to Jameson Hospital and were in stable condition Friday, police said.