Connor Creagh was crushed by a tree after it fell and sprung upright in a freak accident after a severe storm in the South Burnett last year.
A Queensland mum has described the moment she found her son crushed under a tree that fell in a severe storm before suddenly springing back upright in the South Burnett last year.Connor Creagh was helping clean up his grandparents property after a storm when he was crushed by a fallen tree that sprang back uprightA Queensland arborist said its not unheard of for trees to stand back up after storms
Twelve-year-old Connor Creagh was playing around the fallen tree on his grandmother's Coolabunia property, near Kingaroy, the day after widespread storms brought destructive winds and large hail across Queensland's South Burnett to the Sunshine CoastDanielle Miles said she assumed it was relatively safe because the trees were down on the ground after the wild weather.
"The kids were playing under a tree that had already fallen, so the root ball was actually in the air," she said.Ms Miles said the next thing she heard was a blood-curdling scream. "It was a scream we'll never forget and of course we just started running as fast as we could," she said.Ms Miles said the family realised the fallen tree had sprung upright when they found Connor unconscious crushed under the roots.
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