St. Landry Parish, La. ( KLFY ) — Noamie Aymond said her mother, Mary Aggison, was paralyzed from the stomach down after a tree fell on her during a storm. Aggison died from her injuries on Aug. 29.
Aymond, of Lafayette, said her mother was injured on April 10 while in a car line at the Yambilee building in Opelousas for commodities. While in line that morning, the wind suddenly picked up and rain started to come down. That’s when a tree near the building snapped and fell onto Aggison’s car.
According to the National Weather Service, a storm system that April day resulted in at least a dozen tornadoes that swept across Louisiana and Mississippi.
Aggison was hospitalized for five months and underwent several surgeries before she died.
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Aymond said she spoke with lawyers about taking possible action against the parish for the accident, but that the lawyers told her that the parish could not be held accountable because the tree was not old.