Two women crushed by falling tree in Pymble, Sydney and rushed to hospital

Two women were hospitalised after being crushed by a fallen tree.

A 54-year-old woman and a 70-year-old woman were rushed to North Shore Hospital after a large tree fell on the front of a home in Pymble, in Sydney’s upper north shore, about 3.50pm on Sunday.

The tree fell during a storm, leaving the 54-year-old woman with shoulder, chest and leg injuries, while the 70-year-old woman suffered a back injury.

A man in his 60s also suffered minor injuries.

Firefighters spent more than an hour working to free the women from under the tree.

Paramedics performed critical treatment at the scene before they were rushed to hospital in a stable condition.

‘Given where they were standing and the limbs of the branches, they were very lucky,’ Carolyn Harris from NSW Ambulance said.

It’s understood the tree, a sweetgum, may have been struck by lightning. 

A 54-year-old woman and a 70-year-old woman suffered serious injuries after being crushed by a tree in north Sydney on Sunday

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