Tree falls on Pasco mobile home, injures elderly woman

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Tree crushes Pasco County woman’s home

Josh Cascio reports

An elderly woman was injured after a large oak tree fell on her mobile home Thursday afternoon, according to Pasco County Fire Rescue.

It happened at the Tall Pines Mobile Home Park in Spring Hill on Highway 41 just south of County Line Road.

According to firefighters, the woman was sitting in a chair when the oak tree fell onto her home and trapped her underneath.

Courtesy: Pasco County Fire Rescue

Firefighters freed the woman using a large airbag to lift the tree off of her.

She was taken a local trauma center via Bayflight. Firefighters did not release her name.

This PCFR photo shows the tools firefighters used to rescue the woman.

A dog was also rescued from the home.