CONNEMAUGH, Pa., June 24 (UPI) -- Two young sisters were killed when a large falling tree hit their family car in western Pennsylvania, police said.
The tree struck the back of the Pontiac in Connemaugh Township on Monday afternoon. The car was carrying a pregnant woman, four children and a man, who was at the wheel.
After the tree fell, the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit a utility pole. The two adults and the two surviving children were treated for injuries.
"It's a tragedy," Conemaugh Township police Chief Louis Barclay told the Tribune-Democrat of Johnstown, Pa. "In 23 years ... I've never seen anything like this."
Police had not released the identities of the people in the car. A family spokeswoman told the newspaper the dead children were both girls.
The tree trunk appeared to be rotten, the newspaper said.
