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10-year-old hospitalized after tree falls on car in Hudson

Police said the child did not appear to have suffered a serious injury.

A 10-year-old was taken to the hospital on Monday after they were struck in the head by a falling tree branch in Hudson, Mass.

Police said first responders received a report around 9:30 a.m. that a vehicle had been struck by a falling tree near Falls Brook Road and Laurel Drive. At the scene, Hudson police and fire found an 8-inch tree had fallen on a vehicle in the road, with a branch from the tree striking a 10-year-old passenger in the head. 

The child did not appear to have been seriously injured, police said, but they were taken to Marlborough Hospital for evaluation.

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No others were injured.

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