Falling tree that killed Brantford woman was close miss for several others

New particulars are rising in regards to the tragic incident that killed a Brantford girl over the weekend.

Twenty-seven-year-old Shelby Humble-Neale was killed by a falling tree in Pinehurst Lake Conservation Space in Ayr in the course of the intense storm on Saturday.

Police say it was a slender miss for a number of others.

OPP Const. Conrad Vitalis mentioned when officers received on scene they noticed a big tree had fallen on a camper trailer and “basically crushed it.”

Humble-Neale was taken to hospital with life-threatening accidents. She was later pronounced lifeless. Two different folks had been transported to hospital with minor accidents.

“There have been 5 - 6 folks tenting on the positioning, they noticed the storm coming in and went to the trailer for shelter,” mentioned Vitalis. “Sadly, shortly after stepping into the trailer, my understanding is that’s when the excessive winds blew the tree over, crushing the trailer and inflicting the accidents.”

Humble-Neale is being remembered by associates as a certainly one of a sort buddy, who was caring and outgoing.

Police reminded folks to pay attention to their environment in a storm however mentioned an incident like that is extremely uncommon.

“I can actually say in my over 10 years in Brant County that is the primary time I heard of [a tree] falling on an individual,” Vitalis mentioned. “[It was] simply completely unlucky circumstances that they occurred to be in that trailer at the moment.”

“You’re tenting for a protracted weekend, proper? To have that occur is simply so extremely unlucky,” Vitalis continued.

Pinehurst Lake Conservation Space was closed for a number of days for the cleanup. It's now again open for day use, however some areas stay off limits.