A 29-year-old woman was killed when her car was hit by a falling eucalyptus tree in the median of a Newport Beach street and the City of Newport Beach has hired contractors to remove more than 100 of the trees, according to a news report.
Haeyoon Miller of Tustin was killed when a large blue gum eucalyptus tree fell on her car on Irvine Avenue. Witnesses reportedly heard a creaking noise just before the tree fell on Miller’s car as she was driving along Irvine Ave. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The City of Newport Beach is responsible for the maintenance of the trees, and announced that it would inspect the trees in the median of Irvine Avenue after the accident occurred. The city was notified by an arborist that it should remove all the trees in the median, and has hired contractors to remove more than 100 of the blue gum eucalyptus. The city also said it would inspect more than 300 blue gym eucalyptus trees planted elsewhere in Newport Beach.
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