A mother and infant were killed and a father was injured after a tree fell on a house in Wilmington, North Carolina during Hurricane Florence.
A tree fell on a house on Mercer Avenue on Friday, a post on the Wilmington Police Department’s Facebook page says.
Another post on the department’s Facebook page confirms a mother and an infant were killed when the tree fell.
“WPD can confirm the first two fatalities of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington. A mother and infant were killed when a tree fell on their house,” the post states.
The father was transported to New Hanover Regional Medical Center with injuries. No information on his condition is available.
