A pregnant woman died after a large tree fell on her in Queens Sunday evening, and another woman hit by the tree was seriously injured, according to authorities.
The tree fell on the women at around 6:30 p.m. in Flushing's Kissena Park, Fire Department officials said.
Yingyi Li, 30, was pronounced dead after being taken to New York Hospital Queens, officials said. She was sitting on a bench when the tree toppled onto her.
Witnesses said the tree came crashing down.
"I heard a loud crash and boom, immediately my friend sees her and we went to see what happened," said Sam Kim. "When we got there we saw a young Asian girl lying face down and there was blood coming out of her head."
Witnesses said paramedics tried to resuscitate Li for several minutes before taking her to the hospital, where she pronounced dead.
The other woman injured by the tree is in serious condition.
Some residents hope this tragedy pushed the city to pump more money into the parks.
"The park is old, the trees are old," said Salvatore Delligatti. "A lot of trees have been coming down in the past few years with the storms we've been having."