Overview
- First responders were called to a Sullivan Avenue home about 1:10 p.m. Monday after reports that a tree had fallen onto the back porch and trapped a woman.
- Officers and neighbors began life-saving care at the scene, and emergency crews transported the 61-year-old to a hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
- Authorities are withholding the victim’s name pending positive identification and family notification, following local practice.
- Plymouth police and state police detectives assigned to the Plymouth County district attorney’s office have opened a formal investigation, with a preliminary finding that wind caused the tree to snap.
- The storm dropped more than two inches of rain in parts of Plymouth and forecasters had warned of gusts near 40 mph, conditions that raise the risk of tree failures and pose hazards to neighborhoods.