Overview

• Madia Kauser, 32, was fatally struck by a falling beech branch on August 11 at Witton Country Park as she walked with her children, and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
• Lancashire Police said the death is not being treated as suspicious and have prepared a file for HM Coroner.
• Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council established a cordon around the site, felled the tree involved and removed adjacent branches as a precautionary safety measure.
• Family accounts say Kauser saved her daughter by pushing her five-year-old out of the branch’s path before the full weight fell on her, leaving the child unharmed.
• Local residents and council members have called for more frequent, rigorous tree inspections in public parks, citing concerns such as ash dieback disease to prevent similar tragedies.