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Hawaii AG Investigates Fatal Banyan Tree Collapse

The state Department of the Attorney General is investigating the circumstances surrounding the collapse of a large banyan tree that killed two women on July 12 on Kilauea Avenue in Hilo.

A banyan tree uprooted and fell on the former Calvary Chapel Hilo building, damaging the front and killing two women who were trapped and crushed beneath the massive tree.

No comment from officials on the investigation progress.

Author's summary: Hawaii AG probes fatal tree collapse.

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