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Person killed when tree falls into home in Boulder Creek

PIX Now 6am - 2/5/24
PIX Now 6am - 2/5/24 13:24

One person was killed Sunday when a tree fell into a home in Boulder Creek, authorities said.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office reported the tree toppled on the 14100 block of Highway 9 at around 3:20 p.m. Sunday.

Two people were in the home at the time and one person was able to make it out of the house, the sheriff's office said. 

The person trapped inside the home was pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff's office identified him as 45-year-old Robert Brainard III of Boulder Creek.

No other information was immediately available.

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