In a statement, the council said it was “deeply saddened to confirm that a member of the public has tragically died following an incident in Witton Park yesterday, when a large tree branch fell”.<\/p>\n
The authority’s chief executive Denise Park said: “Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with the family and friends of the person who has lost their life at this very difficult time.<\/p>\n
“Emergency services including paramedics and the air ambulance attended the scene. Council staff also supported by cordoning off the area to ensure public safety.<\/p>\n
“As part of precautionary safety measures, the tree involved was being felled this morning.<\/p>\n
“Witton Park is a much-loved community space, and the safety of everyone who visits is of the utmost importance to us.<\/p>\n
“Our thoughts remain first and foremost with the family at this very sad time.”<\/p>\n
A Lancashire Police spokesman said the woman’s death was not being treated as suspicious and a file would be prepared for the coroner.<\/p>\n
Livesey with Pleasington councillor Paul Marrow said: “There have been concerns about ash dieback disease and the number of dead trees in Witton Park and across the borough.<\/p>\n
“The council needs to make regular, thorough inspections of the trees in the park to ensure they are safe.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a statement, the council said it was “deeply saddened to confirm that a member of the public…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-339233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115017457597647956","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}