Elderly woman killed after tree falls on car in Collegeville: officials

An 82-year-old woman was one of two people killed when a tree fell on their vehicles during Wednesday's devastating storms.

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - An elderly woman has died in Collegeville after a tree fell directly on top of a vehicle she was in.

Crews were sent out to the intersection of East Main Street and 9th Avenue Wednesday afternoon, around 2:15, for a vehicle rescue, officials said.

When they arrived, they found the car sitting at a light at the intersection with a large tree on top of it.

Other fire crews were quickly called in to help remove the tree and extricate the woman from the vehicle.

The crews were eventually able to remove the woman from the car. Officials said the incident resulted in her death.

Collegeville Borough Police Department was handling the investigation.