Lake Crescent – A 5-year-old boy died and four others sustained injuries when a tree fell on a sport utility vehicle traveling on U.S. Highway 101 in Olympic National Park.
Officials said a large evergreen fell at about 2:15 p.m. Sunday and struck the eastbound vehicle near Lake Crescent.
Clallam Fire District No. 2 Chief Sam Phillips told the Peninsula Daily News that the vehicle also contained two other children under 10 and two adults believed to be the grandparents.
Officials said two children and one adult got out on their own and were transported to Olympic Medical Center.
