WOODVILLE, Fla. — An 8-year-old girl died after a tree toppled onto her family’s Florida house Friday morning.
The Leon County Sheriff's Office said the tree fell through the house, injuring the girl and a 12-year-old boy, WTXL reported.
WFTV Doppler 9 HD radar showed a line of severe storms in the Florida Panhandle early Friday morning around the same time the tree fell on the house, but it is not clear if the incidents are releated.
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They were taken to a hospital, where the girl died. The boy is recovering from non-life-threatening injuries, WTXL reported.
A GoFundMe account was created to help the family.
County officials said other trees had also fallen on houses but did not release those locations, WTXL reported.
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