A 28-year-old woman and her two children killed after a neem tree collapsed (Representational)
A 28-year-old woman and her two children were Saturday killed after a neem tree collapsed on their tin-roofed home in Maharashtra's Buldhana district, police said.
The incident happened at 7:15pm in Anand Nagar locality in Ghatpuri area of Khamgaon taluka, an official said.
Inspector Ravindra Deshmukh of Shivaji Nagar police station identified the victims as Shradha Gunvant Hiradar, her 3-year-old daughter Shruti and 2-year-old son Rishikesh.
"The tree's foundation possibly got weakened due to rain and storm prevailing here. It fell on the tin-roof house inflicting grievous injuries on the woman and her two children. They were declared dead on arrival at Khamgaon sub-district hospital," he said.