6 injured after tree falls at UVa Medical Center

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6 injured after tree falls at UVa Medical Center

Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2014 6:32 pm | Updated: 10:21 pm, Thu Aug 14, 2014.
Daily Progress Staff Reports

Six people were hospitalized Thursday after a large section of a tree toppled and smashed into a farmers market at the University of Virginia Medical Center.

Just before 4 p.m., the sheared limbs fell across both lanes of Hospital Drive and struck several tents set up near the Barringer Wing of the Medical Center, university police Lt. Melissa Fielding said.

It was unknown at press time whether the six people injured were vendors or patrons. The market was set up for UVa employees, authorities said. Although their injuries ranged from minor to serious, no one suffered life-threatening injuries, police said.

Work to clear the debris began at about 6 p.m. Thursday. ... Charlottesville Fire Chief Charles Werner said the split apparently was caused by rotting wood.

I know the location exactly. If I had a nickel for every time I've walked through that location, ... well, I'd have a lot of nickels.



Six people were hospitalized after a large portion of a tree smashed into tents set up for a farmers market at the University of Virginia Medical Center. PHOTO COURTESY MARTIN PHILLIPS

[mnhtnbb]

1. We have had so much rain

here in Chapel Hill, too. It makes me all of a sudden a lot more aware of how many trees are overhead when
I'm out walking the dog.

We had a tree fall across our street earlier in the week. No storm at the time--just too much rain.
I joked with the driver when he delivered the Pack Rat container a couple of weeks ago that we only needed
to hope a tree didn't fall on it. I won't joke about that again!

Here's what it looked like: