85-year-old man killed by falling tree in freak accident at NYC park: cops
An 85-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a falling tree inside a Queens park on Saturday night time in a deadly freak mishap, in line with police.
Cops responded to a 911 name at Forest Park shortly after 8:30 p.m. and located the aged man unconscious, the division stated Sunday.
An NYPD spokesperson stated the person, who has not been recognized, was declared useless on the scene.
Cops haven’t decided if the tragic accident was trigged by to thunderstorms that swept in with rain and excessive winds Saturday night time, uprooting a number of timber within the park.
Police stated an investigation into the incident is beneath approach.
The mishap comes after an analogous Memorial Day accident that left a 49-year-old girl injured close to East 176th Avenue and Clay Avenue in Mount Hope within the Bronx when she was struck by a falling tree.
Police attributed the incident to moist climate.
In February, a baby and a nun had been practically crushed by a tree that toppled close to the Sisters of Life and Sacred Coronary heart Convent in Hell’s Kitchen as Winter Storm Hernando wound down.
Final yr, upstate New York twin sisters Emily and Kenni Bisson, each 6, had been killed of their sleep when a tree toppled onto their Clark Mills residence amid heavy rain and an EF-1 twister, authorities stated.
Further reporting by Carl Campanile
