1 dead, 3 hurt after tree falls at Missouri retirement home

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(AP) – One person died and three others were injured when a tree
fell at a retirement center in southeast Missouri.Sikeston public safety Captain Jim McMillian says a gust of wind blew over the
rotting tree Wednesday at the Green Meadows Retirement Center in Sikeston.

KFVS reports the tree fell on a picnic table that employees and residents use
to take breaks.

The person killed worked at the retirement center. The three injured people
were residents.

Authorities say the injured were taken to an area hospital with moderate
injuries.

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