10 August 2016

Woman dies after tree falls on tractor near Batemans Bay

| By Charlotte
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Woman dies after tree falls on tractor near Batemans Bay

A 60-year-old woman died at a rural property near Batemans Bay yesterday after a tree fell on the tractor she was operating.

Police will prepare a report for the Coroner following the woman’s death.

Emergency services were called to the scene near Benandarah, north of Bateman’s Bay, at about 11.45am yesterday after receiving reports a woman was trapped under a tree.

Police were told the woman was clearing land on the property when a tree fell on the tractor she was operating.

She died at the scene.

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