A 36-year-old woman was killed Thursday evening when a large oak tree was uprooted and fell on her home in the Shannondale community of Harpers Ferry. The incident occurred as Tropical Storm Debby brought heavy rains and strong winds to the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.

At approximately 10:00 p.m., Trooper BS Barker of the West Virginia State Police, along with fire and rescue personnel from Jefferson County, West Virginia, Loudoun County, Virginia, and Washington County, Maryland, responded to a report of a building collapse along Mad Hatter Road.

When emergency responders arrived, they found that the tree had fallen through the house, burying Stephanie Wishmyer under its weight. Despite rescue attempts, Wishmyer was pronounced dead at the scene due to her injuries.

Her husband Peter Twigg, who was in another part of the house at the time, escaped unharmed.

While rescue crews were working on the scene, a second tree fell, striking an Independent Fire Company fire truck and downing power lines that fell on a Loudoun County, Virginia fire engine.

Operations were temporarily suspended until the power lines were safely removed. Fortunately, no injuries were reported from the second fallen tree.