'Shocking': Woman dies after being hit by falling tree limb in DC park

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‘Shocking’: Woman dies after being hit by falling tree limb in DC park
Jack Moore | [e-mail]
Ivy Lyons | [e-mail]

July 10, 2024, 4:00 PM


A woman is dead after being struck by a fallen tree in the Capitol Hill area in D.C. Wednesday morning. (WTOP/Cheyenne Corin)

A woman died after being struck by a large limb that fell from a seemingly healthy tree in a park in D.C.’s Capitol Hill neighborhood on Wednesday morning. ... D.C. Fire and EMS said they started receiving reports of a woman trapped under a tree at Garfield Park in Southeast just before 7:30 a.m.

The woman, who has not been publicly identified, was reportedly out walking her dog when she was struck by the large falling limb from a swamp white oak tree, which left her trapped underneath. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The park is owned by D.C. and trees there are maintained by the D.C. Department of Transportation. ... A DDOT official said the 100-year-old tree was last inspected in 2022 and rated “good” on a five-point scale from “excellent” to “dead.”

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Jack Moore
Jack Moore joined WTOP.com as a digital writer/editor in July 2016. Previous to his current role, he covered federal government management and technology as the news editor at Nextgov.com, part of Government Executive Media Group.
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Ivy Lyons
Ivy Lyons is a digital journalist for WTOP.com. Since 2018, they have worked on Capitol Hill, at NBC News in Washington, and with WJLA in Washington.
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[tanyev]

1. After our big storm rolled through end of May there have been two incidents

of limbs falling on cars that were driving on fairly major streets. In the first a man was killed, in the second no one injured seriously, but quite a bit of damage to the car.

After that I started looking up, when I could, to see the state of the trees on my usual route to and from work. I saw quite a few patches of brown leaves in otherwise green trees. And the city waste crews are still struggling to pick up all the limbs that actually came down. Going to be a while before they can deal with dead limbs still on trees.

[4139]

2. About a 30" diameter branch

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/woman-killed-by-falling-tree-in-park-on-capitol-hill/3660593/?amp=1