Tragic Incident: Five Lives Lost, Including Children, as Trees Fall Due to Gusting Winds in Poland
April 2, 2024
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Strong winds in Poland on Monday toppled trees that killed three adults and two children, emergency responders said. A spokesperson for the region’s firefighters, Hubert Cieply, said two women and a 6-year-old were crushed to death in the town of Rabka-Zdrój. Separately, a woman died when a tree fell on her car in the town of Zakopane at the foot of the Tatra Mountains, said a spokesperson for Zakopane’s firefighters, Andrzej Król-Łęgowski. Another tree in the same town killed a child, according to a spokesperson for Pawel Mickowski. Local authorities have issued a warning about dangerous winds reaching at least 62 mph. They have also closed mountain tracks in the region.