Falling tree branch injures driver in Accord

The Ulster County Sheriff's Office reports that a driver was injured on Friday afternoon in Accord, when a large tree branch broke and fell onto the windshield of her car.

According to a press release from the sheriff's office, Debra Fehring, a 50-year-old Accord resident, was driving westbound on Lower Whitfield Road when the branch fell on her car. The car then rolled off the road and struck another tree.

Fehring, who suffered head and facial lacerations and told officers she had neck and leg pain, was taken to the Kingston Hospital for treatment.

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