Authorities look for answers after tree crushes motorist

[Liberal_in_LA]

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Authorities look for answers after tree crushes motorist
Public safety officials and seismic and horticultural experts try to determine why a eucalyptus tree toppled onto a car waiting at a stoplight in Costa Mesa, killing the driver.



Authorities were still looking for answers on Friday, one day after a 10-ton tree toppled onto a car waiting at a stoplight, crushing the driver.

Haeyoon Miller, 29, was killed when the trunk of the 50-foot eucalyptus tree slammed into the roof of her Hyundai Accent as she waited at 17th Street and Irvine Avenue on Thursday afternoon. The Orange County coroner's officer listed the cause of death as accidental blunt-force trauma.

Public safety officials and seismic and horticultural experts were investigating the accident but had only theories to work with, from moist soil to trimmed roots to this week's magnitude 3.5 earthquake in Newport Beach.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fallen-tree-20110917,0,4267808.story?obref=obnetwork

[virgogal]

1. RIP Ms. Miller. Way too young.

[RKP5637]

2. So sad. What a shame. n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. yeah. She's sitting at light then its over. Very sad.

[Arctic Dave]

4. Wow. Talk about the unexpected.

RIP Ms. Miller

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

5. That happened on my street a few months ago.

Calm afternoon, no wind and this 50 ft tree just falls over onto a car in the owner's driveway

takes out a 20 ft cherry tree, and crushed the sidewalk into pieces.

No one was hurt.