GeOrGe:) wrote:
> Woman dies after being hit by falling tree
> Tuesday, July 19, 2005
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> Click here to see an enlarged image of the tree.
> A Zephyrhills woman died Monday evening after a limb from a massive tree
> fell on top of her.
>
> Nancy Booth, 62, was riding her bike with her son and daughter along a bike
> trail at Zephyr Park in Zephyrhills. The family members had stopped to rest
> at a bench area when a limb fell on top of the three people, killing Booth.
>
> Her son, Glenn Booth, suffered minor arm injuries. Nancy Booth's daughter
> was not injured.
>
> "My sister heard a crack," Glenn Booth said. "A limb hit her head and hit
> me. When I got back up, the limb was across her back and pinned her to the
> picnic table. Couldn't get it off of her."
>
> Booth died at the scene. It took crews several hours to cut through the tree
> and get her out.
> Nancy Booth, far right, was 62 when she died. Click here for a larger
> image.
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> Investigators say that, although the tree looked normal, severe rotting on
> the interior of the tree caused the limb to fall. The city of Zephyrhills
> says the tree in question was a 150-year-old grand oak that did not display
> any external signs of disease or weakness.
>
> Another of Nancy Booth's sons, Kevin Booth, said there is no indication that
> the tree was a danger to the public.
>
> "There was nothing on the outside of the tree that I could see that would
> show any danger," Booth said.
>
> Booth's children say it hasn't quite sunk in just yet that's she's really
> gone.
>
> "She believed in Jesus Christ," Glenn Booth said. "Just a number one good
> mom."
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I've heard of this happening several times over the years.
That seems to be a recurring problem we have here in Florida, and every
time I've ever heard of it happening, it's been an old oak...
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