Photo of the scene by 1010 WINS reporter Sonia Rincon
Posted: Monday, 18 August 2008 7:02AM
Woman Hit by Tree Branch in Queens
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A freak accident in Queens has left a woman in critical condition after a tree branch fell and struck her in the head.
Sonia Rincon reports
The woman was walking down the sidewalk Sunday around 3:30 p.m. when the branch, about 14-feet long and 10-inches wide, fell from alongside a Long Island Railroad overpass. The accident happened near the intersection of Fresh Meadows Pond Rd. and Myrtle Ave. in Ridgewood, police said.
Photo by 1010 WINS' Sonia Rincon
The 38-year-old woman was rushed to Wyckoff Hospital and is listed in critical condition with a head injury.
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inches wide, fell from alongside a Long Island Railroad overpass. The accident happened near the intersection of Fresh Meadows Pond Rd. and Myrtle Ave. in Ridgewood, police said.
