Four Northwestern University staff members were hurt, one of them critically, when a tree fell Thursday at the university’s campus in Evanston.
Police and fire officials responded about noon when the large tree collapsed and struck four people walking on a sidewalk near the 2000 block of Sheridan Road, according to a Tweet from Evanston police.
The Daily Northwestern reported the tree fell between Lunt Hall and the Jacobs Center and a photo showed the trunk resting near benches along a sidewalk.
One person was taken to Evanston Hospital in critical condition, police and fire officials said. Two others were taken to the same hospital in serious condition.
The fourth person was treated and released at the scene.
“The University is working with an arborist to determine what caused the tree to fall, and if other trees in the area are potentially compromised,” the university said in a statement. “Our thoughts are with the members of the community who were injured, as we await updates on their conditions.”
