Live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Now at 11 00, a chain saw tears up a large tree limb that suddenly came crashing down on a mother at a Popular San Francisco park. Tonight that woman is in the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. She is in pretty bad shape. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. It happened in a north beach neighborhood this afternoon. Shortly after the tree limb fell on the woman. And thats where sergio is with live details on what happened. Sergio . Reporter dan, the woman was sitting on this bench when that branch fell from about 50 feet up. It hit her in the head. Tonight she remains in Critical Condition at San Francisco General Hospital. As a city worker cut apart a massive tree Branch Police officers collected the bags left on the bench by the woman who was hit. The branch fell and we believe hit her in the head. And so when we arrived she was in and out of consciousness. She was hitting on the bench watching her two children on the playground. Th
Live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Now at 11 00, a chain saw tears up a large tree limb that suddenly came crashing down on a mother at a Popular San Francisco park. Tonight that woman is in the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. She is in pretty bad shape. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. It happened in a north beach neighborhood this afternoon. Shortly after the tree limb fell on the woman. And thats where sergio is with live details on what happened. Sergio . Reporter dan, the woman was sitting on this bench when that branch fell from about 50 feet up. It hit her in the head. Tonight she remains in Critical Condition at San Francisco General Hospital. As a city worker cut apart a massive tree Branch Police officers collected the bags left on the bench by the woman who was hit. The branch fell and we believe hit her in the head. And so when we arrived she was in and out of consciousness. She was hitting on the bench watching her two children on the playground. Th
As a city worker cut apart a massive tree Branch Police officers collected the bags left on the bench by the woman who was hit. The branch fell and we believe hit her in the head. And so when we arrived she was in and out of consciousness. She was hitting on the bench watching her two children on the playground. They were uninjured and she was rushed to San Francisco General Hospital with lifethreatening injuries. According to the Fire Department she was bleeding from a head wound. A neighbor told me she is horrified at the accident, but she is not surprised. I think it is always just a matter of time and these branches have been falling off and it takes a windy day for a branch to come loose. Just before the tree branch was cut up city workers were taking measurements of the limb. It was 19 inches around. The rec and park director said it has been six years since these trees were evaluated. Would a drought have any effect on it . We dont think so looking at the tree itself. It has goo
Seriously. But i think people get this stuff and then just like to imitate it. I dont think it is a big organized group. Reporter police say 13 yearold is a student in philadelphia schools. Were told she did not intend to harm anybody, but police are now consulting with the District Attorneys Office, to determine if charges are appropriate. It is not something that is a laughing hatter and it is not i game in terms of the manpower were using, with all of our resources it is very serious in terms of the time and dedication to other real activity, in terms of the real crimes that are occurring within our city. Reporter why is all of this happening . As close to an explanation we have been able to find just came in our email box from tredyffrin township police. They say this all started in 2013, after the release of the hoff i, the purge, and in this sons, the release from tredyffrin, they warn people not to participate in any copycat behavior, as for that 13 yearold and her class hates P
Cheltenham township officer was working an accident scene at washington lane and township line road around 6 30, when he was hit by a passing car that lost control in the slick road. Officer phil, suffered minor injuries, and the the driver of the striking car did remain at the scene. Developing right the now police are investigating two Sexual Assault in West Philadelphia. These attacks happened on south fortyseventh streets, also at fortyfirst and sansom. Eyewitness News Reporter justin finch is live in West Philadelphia a with the very latest on this investigation, justin . Reporter natasha, we spoke with police in both cases a and they are actively trying to find perpetrators in both incidents, most recent happening here in the area where we are right now just by subway station here, that is where a woman was robbed and later a attack, and had her purse stolen. She was also sexually a all thed and just two days earlier another near robbery also violent off of penns campus. Here is