A woman from Washington DC died in a freak park accident after firefighters battled frantically to save her.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Sarah Noah, 35, was with her husband, walking her dog through Garfield Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood last Wednesday morning around 7.30am when she was struck and pinned underneath a massive fallen tree branch.
Fire crews and EMS raced to the scene near Third Street and South Carolina Avenue after horrified bystanders called for help.
SHE COULDN’T BE SAVED
Chainsaws were used to try and free the woman, but she was no longer conscious or breathing when they arrived, and was pronounced dead, as per the police report.
Mayor Muriel Bowser expressed her condolences and called the incident a ‘heartbreaking tragedy’.
‘My heart goes out to the family of our resident and the whole neighborhood that’s pretty in shock. I’ll get a full briefing and we will certainly proceed, but I think this morning we just wake up with a very heavy heart,’ she said.
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Moments before the tragedy, police said witnesses heard a cracking and popping sound before they ran in different directions.
It remains unclear if Noah had been wearing headphones and may not have heard the sound of the tree falling.
