Tree falls on vehicles, kills one woman in Wynnewood

WYNNEWOOD, Pa. (WPVI) -- A 59-year-old woman has died and a 64-year-old woman was injured after a large tree fell on two cars in Wynnewood, Montgomery County.

The tree toppled while the drivers were traveling along Lancaster Avenue near Stanford Drive around 1:45 p.m. on Sunday.

First responders extricated the two women from the vehicles. They were then taken to Lankenau Hospital.

Lancaster Avenue was closed between Remington Road and Clover Hill Road for approximately five hours while officials investigated the incident

The crash remains under investigation by the Lower Merion Township Police Department's Traffic Safety Unit.



The identity of the woman killed has not yet been released.