Young woman killed by falling tree remembered as a 'beautiful soul'
The young woman killed by a falling tree in Adelaide's parklands is being remembered as a "beautiful soul" who deeply loved her family and friends. The 22-year-old was fatally struck by a gum tree which split at the base with a large part of the trunk falling on her.
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00:00 A tragic incident and a young woman's family and friends now struggling with the loss of
00:08 a loved one.
00:09 She absolutely loved her family, with every bit of her soul.
00:13 She loved her friends, her cats, and she was taken away way too soon.
00:22 She had so much love and life to give.
00:24 The victim was believed to have been sitting under the tree when it fell.
00:29 Her close friend Josh said she was a student and that the pair had met at the gym.
00:34 He said she had told him she was going for a run in the parklands, but he became concerned
00:40 when she stopped replying to his messages.
00:43 She told me she was going here because she likes the gravel for running.
00:50 She stopped responding and for some reason I just had a hunch that something had gone
00:54 wrong.
00:55 Emergency services arrived here within minutes at the University of Adelaide soccer grounds
01:00 near War Memorial Drive, but police say the 22-year-old woman died at the scene.
01:07 First responders say it was a confronting situation, estimating the tree weighed as
01:13 much as 10 tonnes.
01:15 If there are things to be learned out of tragedies, we should address them, but we should also
01:20 acknowledge sometimes that awful tragedies occur and there may not be anyone to blame.
01:25 Arborist Marcus Lodge says factors like severe weather, decay and structural flaws can cause
01:32 trees to fall.
01:33 It is something that happens from time to time.
01:36 Unfortunately not all structural flaws in trees are really obvious and it is possible
01:41 that this was one of those cases.
01:45 But he says tree failure is rare, especially one that causes an accident.
01:51 The actual number of people that are killed by trees in Australia is exceedingly low.
01:55 Grieving friends continuing to pay tribute to a young woman lost in a shocking event.
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