Two people were injured when a tree fell on top of a car in Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Police said it happened just before 5 p.m. in the 1400 block of Washington Boulevard.
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A Pittsburgh police officer from Zone 5 was driving and witnessed the tree falling down from the hillside and onto the car.
Police said two females, the driver and a passenger, were trapped inside the car.
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Pittsburgh firefighters cut the tree off the car while EMS worked to get the females out of the car.
Both of the females were transported to a hospital in serious condition.
Two passengers in the back seat, one male and one female, were not hurt.
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