Tragedy while running in Fairmont Park

Woman Killed by Falling Branch in Fairmount Park

by KYW's Pat Loeb

Philadelphia police are investigating a freak accident in Fairmount Park that killed a woman on Wednesday night.

Police say a woman was jogging in Valley Green at about 7pm when she was struck and killed by a falling tree branch.

Chief inspector Scott Small says she was not carrying any identification and they were trying to identify her:

"She's a white female in her 20s or early 30s. She's about 5'5", 120 pounds, and has brown, shoulder-length, curly hair."

Parks and Recreation commissioner Mike DiBerardinis says it was a case of tragically bad timing:

"It's a very, very sad and tragic situation but branches do, in this system that has so many trees, fall; it's a tragedy it just happened to fall as this woman walked under it."

Authorities say the woman was wearing an iPod and may not have heard the branch break off.