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- Central Park Tree Breaks Tourist's Arm, Teeth
Welcome to New York: A 59-year-old tourist from Terre Haute, Indiana was enjoying a stroll in Central Park yesterday when an oak tree branch snapped off and clocked her in the head . Sharon Reese, 59, was walking with her husband when the tree attacked near a park entrance at West 86th Street around 3:30 p.m. Fortunately, unlike other victims of falling branches, she survived—albeit with a ...
June 12, 2013 - Gothamist - Central Park Tree Injury Raises Safety Concerns
As a 59-year-old woman from Indiana recovers from injuries after being hit in the head by a tree branch in Central Park yesterday afternoon, park advocates are renewing their calls for the city to do a better job of inspecting weak or damaged trees.
June 12, 2013 - NY1 News - Falling Central Park branch clobbers tourist gal
An Indiana tourist was injured by a falling tree branch in Central Park yesterday, law-enforcement sources said. Sharon Reese was walking with her husband at Central Park West and West 86th Street when the branch fell on her, according to the sources. She was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital...
June 12, 2013 - New York Post