DeKalb firefighters did an initial search of the home, but the large fallen tree and structural damage made it difficult to ...

A storm-toppled tree crushed the back of a Decatur home Tuesday night, killing a woman inside her bedroom, according to local authorities and neighbors.

A woman who died after a tree fell on her home has been identified. Firefighters were called to a home on Bretton Woods Road on Wednesday evening for reports of an "obvious death.

The incident happened just after 6:00 p.m. at the 3800 block of Bretton Woods Road.