Pedestrian Hit By Falling Tree Branch, Seriously Injured: MCFRS

BETHESDA, MD — A pedestrian was seriously injured by a falling tree branch while walking in North Bethesda Tuesday morning, fire officials said.

The incident happened on Tuckerman Lane, near Hampton Mill Terrace, around 9 a.m., according to Pete Piringer, a spokesman for Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service. Piringer said that a passing truck hit an overhanging tree branch, which then fell onto the pedestrian.

ICYMI (~9a) Tuckerman Lane near Hampton Mill Ter, entrance to the Gables of Tuckerman, witnesses say a passing truck hit a large (overhanging) tree branch which broke off & struck a pedestrian walking on the sidewalk, @mcfrs EMIHS transported 1 adult w/ serious traumatic injury pic.twitter.com/WBdFcPuUPR
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) March 26, 2019