Girl, age 3, dies after tree limb pierces camper at NW Ocala mobile home/RV community
A 3-year-old girl died early Tuesday after a tree branch fell and crashed into a camper at Oak Tree Village, a mobile home and RV community at 4039 NW Blitchton Road.
Ocala Police said the branch pierced the camper and hit the child, who was beside her 5-year-old sister. The older child was not injured. Police received the emergency call about 3:15 a.m.
The injured girl was transported to HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, where she later died. Officers said the girl's family was distraught. Police did not release the family's names.
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The death comes a few days after a 5-year-old boy drowned at a southwest Ocala apartment complex.
And last week, a 13-year-old boy was hit and killed while trying to cross a road in southwest Ocala.
Contact Austin L. Miller at austin.miller@starbanner.com or @almillerosb.
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