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Archive Home > 2002 > December > 17 > Deadly winds rip through area

Deadly winds rip through area

Couple killed when tree lands in their bedroom; other homes hit

By Tom Peterson / The Bulletin
December 17, 2002

A Bend couple was killed in their sleep when high winds sent a 57-foot ponderosa pine crashing into their home in the Quail Ridge mobile home park on Brosterhous Road.

The tree was among dozens toppled by winds - some gusting up to an estimated 70 miles per hour - that ripped through Central....

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