27-Year-Old Dies After Tree Falls On Car In Westchester

A 27-year-old man who worked at a nonprofit helping children was killed after a tree fell on his car in Westchester, police said.

A driver was killed after a tree fell on his car on Walgrove Avenue in Dobbs Ferry.
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Ben Crnic

08/02/2023 11:20 a.m.

The incident happened on Saturday, July 29 just before 7:30 p.m., when police in Dobbs Ferry responded to the area of Walgrove Avenue on a report of a tree falling on a car, trapping a victim inside.

According to Dobbs Ferry Police, officers and firefighters realized that the driver had been killed upon arriving at the scene.

The driver, identified as 27-year-old Danilo Gomez, an employee of the Children's Village nonprofit organization in Dobbs Ferry, was officially pronounced dead at the scene by Greenburgh paramedics.

Walgrove Avenue was later closed to traffic as officers conducted an accident reconstruction investigation into the incident.

There were no other passengers in the car with Gomez at the time, police said, adding that the investigation into his death remains ongoing.

"Our deepest condolences go out to the Gomez family in this very difficult and sad time," Dobbs Ferry Police said in a prepared release about the incident.

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