Woman who died after tree fell on her vehicle in Pierce County identified
An Enumclaw woman who died after a large tree fell and struck her vehicle last week has been identified as Janeil Puckett, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Puckett, 58, died from blunt-force injury to the head on Nov. 4 on State Route 410. Her manner of death was listed as an accident, the office wrote in a news release.
She was driving her 2014 Subaru on eastbound state Route 410 west of Crystal River Ranch when the tree struck her car. Her vehicle continued for about 50-feet before stopping on the right shoulder, according to a Washington State Patrol press memo.
Puckett died at the scene. She was the only person in the vehicle.
WSP listed the cause of the crash as weather conditions.
Puneet Bsanti
The News Tribune