Woman killed by falling tree in Upper Marlboro during severe storms
A falling tree killed a woman in Upper Marlboro as severe thunderstorms swept Prince George’s County, with weather alerts already in place and another tree injury reported in Montgomery County.
Severe storms turned a tree-lined stretch of Upper Marlboro deadly Thursday night, when a falling tree struck and killed a woman in Prince George’s County. Firefighters reached the 11700 block of North Marlton Avenue, near Sheridan Street and New Hampshire Ave., shortly before 9 p.m., where a large tree had blocked the roadway and emergency crews found an injured person at the scene.
The woman was pronounced dead where she was found, and her identity had not been released. The incident came as the Baltimore/Washington region was already under a severe thunderstorm warning and hazardous weather outlook from the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington on Thursday, June 11, 2026, signaling that the danger from wind and falling limbs was not isolated to one neighborhood.
Another person was seriously hurt the same day in Montgomery County after being hit by a falling tree, a reminder that the storm threat extended across central Maryland. The death in Upper Marlboro also put a familiar local vulnerability back in focus: Prince George’s County has repeatedly faced damage from high winds and falling trees, including storms on June 19, 2025, when gusts reached 70 mph in parts of Maryland and nearly 15,000 outages hit Prince George’s County. Those storms left Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties among the hardest hit.
County officials say the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation trims or removes trees in county rights of way on a five- to seven-year cycle and removes dead trees as needed. Residents can report downed trees or limbs by calling 311 or 301-883-4748, but trees on private property are the homeowner’s responsibility, a distinction that matters when storms bring sudden damage close to homes, driveways and overhead utilities.
For Prince George’s residents, Thursday’s fatality was a stark test of storm readiness in a major county within the Baltimore/Washington corridor. The combination of active weather warnings, known tree hazards and a history of storm-related outages showed how quickly severe weather can turn routine streets into emergency scenes, and why tree maintenance and fast reporting remain critical parts of public safety.
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