Person Killed After Tree Falls On Car In New Fairfield

NEW FAIRFIELD, CT — A person was killed in New Fairfield during Tuesday's powerful storm, State Police said. At 5:10 p.m. New Fairfield Police Department and troopers responded to a tree that fell on a car on Brush Hill Road resulting in a fatality.

NBC Connecticut reports that it was a 41-year-old woman killed in New Fairfield and her child, 3, was present that the time but the child was not injured. The woman was taken to a hospital but died an hour later.

A second person was killed after a tree fell on his truck in the Candlewood Lake section of Danbury during Tuesday's powerful storm, Fox 61 reports. First responders had to use a boat to reach the man because of all the downed trees, according to reports.

The Hartford Courant adds that the man was working outside as the storm approached and he took shelter in his truck.

Additionally, a dugout collapse at Henry Abbott Technical High School seriously injured a young person, Fox 61 reports. The Courant adds that the teen was hit by the roof of the dugout as it blew off.

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