Grace Student Dies When Tree Falls; Another HurtWINONA LAKE - One person is dead and another is in critical condition in a Fort Wayne Hospital after a tree feel on them in Winona Lake early Saturday morning.
Mallori Kastner, 18, of Wabash, was pronounced dead at the scene after a tree fell on her at 807 Esplanade St., Winona Lake, around midnight Saturday. Jeremy Mohr, of Iowa, also was injured in the incident and airlifted to Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, where he was listed in critical condition this morning.
According to a report from the Winona Lake Police Department, a person passing by the Esplanade Street area called police after hearing someone call for help.
When police arrived, they discovered that a tree had fallen on Kastner and Mohr.
Kastner was pronounced dead at the scene and Mohr was airlifted to Fort Wayne.
Both Kastner and Mohr were students at Grace College. Kastner was a freshman from Wabash who graduated from Wabash High School. In her time at Grace, she earned minutes in her first season as a Lady Lancer on the volleyball team, helping the team off to one of their best starts in recent memory.
In a statement to its students, Grace College asks "all in the community to be committed to deep prayer for the Kastner and Mohr families, and for Jeremy's healing."
The incident remains under investigation by the Winona Lake Police Department and the Kosciusko County Coroner's Office. Assisting at the scene were the Warsaw Police Department, Winona Lake Fire Department, Multi-Township EMS, Kosciusko County Sheriff Department, and the Kosciusko County Coroner's Office.
