{"id":162208,"date":"2022-08-16T10:17:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T10:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=162208"},"modified":"2022-08-16T10:17:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T10:17:32","slug":"woman-killed-in-freak-swimming-pool-accident-as-giant-tree-collapses-into-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/woman-killed-in-freak-swimming-pool-accident-as-giant-tree-collapses-into-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman killed in freak swimming pool accident as giant tree collapses into water"},"content":{"rendered":"
A freak accident involving a tree falling into a swimming pool has killed one woman who was swimming at the time.<\/p>\n
The horror accident killed a woman in her 50s, with the unnamed woman said to have been taking her regular dive into the swimming pool in The Bronx, New York City, on Monday.<\/p>\n
A large tree is said to have fallen onto the woman, killing her instantly as it crashed into the waters of a pool behind the River Terrace Apartments of Palisades Avenue. <\/p>\n
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Another older woman in the pool was struck by the tree and rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n
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She is said to be in a critical condition with trauma to the body, but did survive the horrifying accident that left a tree toppling over into the pool.<\/p>\n
Resident Miriam Allen is said to have seen the tree fall, and said there were "three or four people" inside of the pool.<\/p>\n
Miriam said: "Everybody was screaming \u2018help! Help!\u2019. My windows were open, so I heard everything immediately. I looked down and I saw the tree in the swimming pool. <\/p>\n
"I knew there was three or four people in it."<\/p>\n
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