PHOTOS: Tree falls on DeKalb home

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Paramedics from the Dekalb County Fire Department observe the clean-up process if an accident occurs where a tree fell on the house, killing a 5-year-old boy. His mother was rescued and later taken to the hospital on Monday, January 3, 2022. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A 5-year-old boy was killed after a tree fell onto his home in DeKalb County, Georgia. It happened just after 5 a.m. along Glenwood Road in Dekalb County. His mother was rescued and later taken to the hospital on Monday, January 3, 2022. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A person walks in the front of the house where a tree fell in early hours in Dekalb County, killing a 5-year-old boy and sending his mother to the hospital. Monday, January 3, 2022. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A tree service worker cuts off part of the tree that destroyed a Dekalb County home early Monday as the Dekalb County Fire Department elements investigate the cleaning process. A 5-year-old boy was killed, and his mother was rescued and taken to the hospital.
Monday, January 3, 2022. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A worker from a tree company walks on top of the tree that cut a house in two early today. A 5-year-old boy was killed, and his mother was rescued and taken to the hospital.
Monday, January 3, 2022. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A Dekalb County fire department member walks in the house's driveway where a tree fell in the early hours, killing a 5-year-old boy and sending his mother to the hospital. Monday, January 3, 2022. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A worker from a tree company carries out the cleaning work where in the early hours the strong winds caused the fall of a tree splitting a house in two where a child of 5 years old died, his mother was taken to the hospital in Dekalb county.
Monday, January 3, 2022. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Paramedics from the Dekalb County Fire Department observe the clean-up process if an accident occurs where a tree fell on the house, killing a 5-year-old boy. His mother was rescued and later taken to the hospital on Monday, January 3, 2022. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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