3 killed as high winds topple a tree on an Easter egg hunt in Germany
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Key Points:
- Three people, including a 10-month-old girl, died after a 30-meter tree was toppled by high winds during an Easter egg hunt in northern Germany near Satrupholm.
- About 50 people from a residential facility for new mothers, pregnant women, and children were attending the event when the tree fell, pinning four individuals underneath.
- A 21-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl died at the scene, while the infant later died in hospital; an 18-year-old woman was seriously injured and airlifted to a hospital.
- The residential facility is part of a state-funded child welfare system supporting vulnerable pregnant women and new mothers, and grief counselors were dispatched to assist survivors.
- The incident occurred despite a high winds warning issued by the German weather service for the area.
