A recent article on msnbc.com reported that two different pedestrians were hit by falling tree branches in public parks in two different US cities just days apart from each other. A woman jogging in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, PA was killed by a falling tree branch only a few days after a New York City man was struck comatose by a falling branch in New York’s Central Park.
Police say the Philadelphia incident was a freak accident; a thirty foot long tree branch fell 50 feet and struck twenty three year old high school teacher Mary Katherine Ladany, killing her instantly. Investigators believe she didn’t hear the tree branch breaking and falling because she was wearing a portable music player at the time of the accident.
The unidentified New York City man was simply taking a stroll through Central Park when he was hit on the head by a 100 pound branch that had rotted through and fallen off its tree. His mother reports that while comatose, the man’s condition is improving.
While these accidents may seem to be simply random and unpredictable, it’s possible that proper tree maintenance at these parks could have saved lives and prevented injuries.
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