KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. — A Kings Mountain woman died Friday morning after a tree fell on her.
The Kings Mountain Police Department said it responded around 10 a.m. to North Gaston Street. Two people, a man and a woman, were trapped underneath the tree. KMPD and Kings Mountain Fire crews worked to rescue them.
The man was rescued and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The woman - identified as 63-year-old Melissa Neisler Lawrence - did not survive.
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