GAZEBO IN WHICH SHE WAS SITTING. >> 12 NEW’’S KENT WAINSTTCO SHOWS US WHY NEIGHBORS SAY IT’S A TRAGEDY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVEND.TE KENT: IT WAS EARLY MONDAY IN SHEBOYGAN FALLWHS EN THE WIND KICKED UP AND TRAGEDY STRUCK. >>CKED UP AND TRAGEDY STRUCK. THERE’S TWO PATIENTS TRAPPED IN A SHED WITH A TRETHE AT FELL ON TOP OF IT. KE:NT TWO RESIDENTS OF THIS APARTMENT BUILDING WE ERSEEDAT IN THIS GAZEBO WHEN A LARGE EETR SNAPPED AND CAME CRASHING DOWN, KILLING A 73-YEAR-OLD WOMAN. >> SHE ALWAYS SAT RIGHT WHERE THE WHOLE THING CAME DN.OW THAT’S WHERE SHE SAT, ALL THE TIME, TO SMOKE. >> SHE WASER VY NICE, VERY FRIENDLY. SHE HELPED ME OUT WHEN I NEEDED IT. KE:NT THE TWO WOMEN WERE TRAPPED. BUT ONE, A 69-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, WAS ABLE TO GET FREE AND SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES. >> FEET AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, AND ONE BASICALLY WALKED AWAY FR IOMT. THE OTHER WAS NOT AS LUCKY, UNFORTUNATY.EL KENT: NEIGHBORS SAY THIS TREE THAT CAME CRASHING DOWN, AND OTHERS ON THIS HILLSIDE, HAVE BEEN A CONCERN F SOMORE ME.TI THE ONE THAT FELL TODAY WAS MARKED FOR REMOVAL THREE WEEKS AGO. THE SHEBOYGAN HOUSING AUTHORYIT WHICH MANAGES THE PROPERTY MARKED NEARLY TWO DOZEN TREES TO BE CLEARED IN MID-NOVEERMB THE CITY OF SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WHICH OWNS PART OF THIS HILLSIDE, CONTRACTED TO HAVE THE TREES TAKEDON WN, BUT A CITY OFFICIAL TOLD 12 NEWS OFF CAMERA, THAT A WORK BACKLOG HAD CAUSED THE TREE REMOVAL TO BE DELAYED. SOMETHING RESIDENTS HERE ARE STRUGGLING WITH. >> OH MY GOD, I KEEP ON THKINGIN ABOUT IT. AND IT’S A LOSS TT HASHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN. KENT: IN EBSHLOYGAN FALLS, I’M KENT WAINSCOTT, WISN-12 NE.
Woman killed when tree crashed down on gazebo where she was sitting
Tree had been marked for removal weeks ago
A 73-year-old woman died Monday in Sheboygan Falls when the wind picked up, and a large tree crashed down onto the gazebo in which she was sitting.Two residents of an apartment building were seated in a gazebo when a large tree snapped and came crashing down, killing a 73-year-old woman.”She always sat right where the whole thing came down. That’s where she sat, all the time, to smoke,” apartment building resident Barb Thede said.”She was very nice, very friendly. She helped me out when I needed it,” apartment building resident Tony Skinner said.The two women were trapped. But one, a 69-year-old woman, was able to get free and suffered only minor injuries.”Feet away from each other, and one basically walked away from it. The other was not as lucky, unfortunately,” Sheboygan Falls police Chief Eric Miller said.Neighbors said the tree that crashed down, and others on the hillside, have been a concern for some time. The one that fell Monday was marked for removal three weeks ago.The Sheboygan Housing Authority, which manages the property, marked nearly two dozen trees to be cleared in mid-November.The city of Sheboygan Falls, which owns part of the hillside contracted to have the trees taken down, but a city official told WISN 12 News that a work backlog had caused the tree removal to be delayed.It’s something residents here are struggling with.”Oh my God, I keep on thinking about it. And it’s a loss that shouldn’t have been,” Thede said.Police have not yet released the name of the woman killed by the falling tree.
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. —
A 73-year-old woman died Monday in Sheboygan Falls when the wind picked up, and a large tree crashed down onto the gazebo in which she was sitting.
Two residents of an apartment building were seated in a gazebo when a large tree snapped and came crashing down, killing a 73-year-old woman.
“She always sat right where the whole thing came down. That’s where she sat, all the time, to smoke,” apartment building resident Barb Thede said.
“She was very nice, very friendly. She helped me out when I needed it,” apartment building resident Tony Skinner said.
The two women were trapped. But one, a 69-year-old woman, was able to get free and suffered only minor injuries.
“Feet away from each other, and one basically walked away from it. The other was not as lucky, unfortunately,” Sheboygan Falls police Chief Eric Miller said.
Neighbors said the tree that crashed down, and others on the hillside, have been a concern for some time. The one that fell Monday was marked for removal three weeks ago.
The Sheboygan Housing Authority, which manages the property, marked nearly two dozen trees to be cleared in mid-November.
The city of Sheboygan Falls, which owns part of the hillside contracted to have the trees taken down, but a city official told WISN 12 News that a work backlog had caused the tree removal to be delayed.
It’s something residents here are struggling with.
“Oh my God, I keep on thinking about it. And it’s a loss that shouldn’t have been,” Thede said.
Police have not yet released the name of the woman killed by the falling tree.
