13 h. ago Man killed by falling tree branch, pedestrian blown into traffic as storm lashes parts of New Zealand

A man was struck and killed by a tree branch in Wellington as dangerous winds and heavy rain buffeted parts of the country

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14 h. ago Man killed by tree branch, pedestrian blown into road as storm buffets Wellington, New Zealand

A man was struck and killed by a tree branch in Wellington, New Zealand, as dangerous winds and heavy rain buffeted parts of the country

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7 d. ago 'My husband was killed by a falling tree branch... his death was completely avoidable'

Chris Hall was killed by a falling tree branch

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1 week ago Girl, 12, killed after 'being crushed under fallen tree branch for two hours'

Brooke Wiggins, aged 12, was playing with friends and using a rope swing in Banstead, Surrey, when the branch snapped and she died after being crushed by the tree, a court heard

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2 w. ago Girl, 12, killed when she was ‘crushed under fallen tree branch for up to two hours’

A 12-YEAR-OLD girl died when a fallen tree branch crushed her while playing with pals, an inquest heard. Brooke Wiggins was having fun on a rope swing when tragedy struck in Banstead, Surrey on November 9 last year. Paramedics were called to the scene, near the junction with Carshalton Road, after the horror unfolded. It...

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2 w. ago Girl, 12, was killed while playing with friends after a tree branch snapped and fell on her, an inquest hears

Brooke Wiggins was using a rope swing when the branch broke off and caused her to become trapped. Her friends tried to free her before an ambulance arrived. She died soon after.

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2 w. ago Rail firm is fined £1million over death of woman who was killed by a tree branch while sticking her head out of an open train window at 75mph

Bethan Roper, 28, died after hitting her head on an overhanging tree branch on a Great Western Railway (GWR) train travelling at 75mph near Twerton, Bath, in 2018.

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