While a powerful thunderstorm roared through New England yesterday, a Massachusetts couple's romantic camping trip in Vermont ended in sudden tragedy. Amidst the tempest, 33-year-old Joshua Przybycien of Palmer, Massachusetts, lost his life to a fallen tree, leaving his devastated fiancée, Kathryn Workman, grasping for answers. The storm's destructive force wrought havoc all across the region, but ultimately, it was a single fallen tree that changed Workman's life forever according to MassLive.
As reported on Boston 25 News, in the midst of stifling heat and the merciless rampage of powerful thunderstorms, many schools in the region had no choice but to close or send their students home early. The thunderstorms left a trail of destruction, downing power lines and trees throughout New England, leaving tens of thousands of people without electricity. But for Workman, catastrophically, the storm delivered something far worse than temporary inconvenience.
Workman's distraught call to law enforcement around 1 a.m. today alerted authorities to the dreadful accident at Somerset Road in Somerset, Vermont. Before long, first responders arrived on the scene, only to find Przybycien already dead under the massive tree that had collapsed upon the couple's campsite during the stor, MassLive reports.
The Boston Globe noted investigators from Vermont State Police deemed Przybycien's death non-suspicious, stating that there is no cause for public concern, but their investigation continues as a matter of procedure. The police have called on the public, asking for anyone with information about Przybycien's tragic death to come forward.
With power outages and property damage caused by fallen trees and downed power lines, residents in the region have already been grappling with the aftermath of the storm. In Massachusetts and Maine, tens of thousands faced the inconvenience of living without electricity. The Boston mayor was forced to declare a heat emergency, opening cooling centers throughout the city in response to the intense heat soaring up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) as reported by Boston 25 News.
