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Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Yahoo
Mother, filled with grief, joins loved ones as they honor 10-year-old girl killed by fallen tree
Family and community members gathered Friday to honor the life of 10-year-old A'erica Dixon after she was killed when a tree fell on her family's home in southwest Atlanta. Tears, songs, and balloons filled the skies over a park in Vine City to mourn A'erica. A'erica's mother, Santice Dixon, spoke publicly for the first time since her daughter's death. 'The biggest fear as a parent is to be somewhere and not be able to save your child. I tried,' she told Channel 2's Brittany Kleinpeter. The grieving mother shared more about her little girl, whom she affectionately called Tink. TRENDING STORIES: Former Gwinnett Co. teacher accused of inappropriately touching students at elementary school Marjorie Taylor Greene rules out run against Ossoff for Senate Buc-ee's announces opening date for new Georgia location 'A'erica was one of a kind,' Santice said. 'One thing about A'erica, she loved family, and she brought all of us together as one.' Family members said A'erica was sleeping with her grandmother when the tree came crashing through their home. Her grandmother, Pricilla Dixon, remains hospitalized at Grady Hospital with a broken pelvis and a paralyzed right leg. A GoFundMe account has been set up by the family to support Priscilla and her medical costs. A'erica's funeral is planned for May 24.
Daily Mail
04-05-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
Tragedy strikes as Atlanta girl, 10, is killed in the middle of the night while asleep in her bed
A 10-year-old girl has been killed as she slept when a tree fell on her family home in Georgia early on Saturday morning. A'erica Dixon, known as Tink to her family, was at her home on Mims Street SW in west Atlanta when a tree came crashing down at around 3am. According to a GoFundMe launched by her cousin, Tomeka Dixon, the little girl was laying in bed beside her grandmother, Priscilla Dixon, when tragedy struck. The girl's mother, Santice Dixon, was also inside the house at the time, along with her two sisters and brother, and they were trapped by the fallen tree. Santice and Priscilla were rushed to the hospital for treatment, but A'erica sadly died from her injuries. Priscilla is now paralyzed in one leg after suffering a broken pelvis, according to the Dixon family's fundraising page. 'Tink, as we call her, passed away laying in bed with her grandmother, Priscilla Dixon,' the GoFundMe reads. 'Tink was a very happy child who was a cheerleader. She loved dancing and making TikTok videos & playing with her toys.' The tragedy was the second hit for the family, who lost Tink's father just two years before, according to the fundraiser. 'The family is still grieving from his loss,' it says. 'We are trying to raise money at this hard time to help bury my lil cousin,' the Dixon family fundraising page adds. 'Unfortunately, her mother can't afford to bury A'erica at this time. Her death was unexpected, now we have to ask for help.' The American Red Cross is also supporting the family with rebuilding, according to Fox News. Shocking footage shows the huge tree severed in half, with the top branches still laying across the roof of the family home. It came as fierce thunderstorms barreled across parts of the US including Georgia over the weekend. New rainfall records were set in Oklahoma, where a steady line of slow-moving thunderstorms also caused multiple deaths. At least seven Oklahoma cities, including capital Oklahoma City, set April rainfall records, said Oklahoma State Climatologist Gary McManus. The statewide average rainfall totaled 8.74 inches, surpassing the previous April record of 8.32 inches set in 1942, according to data kept since 1895, McManus said. The record rainfall comes just four months after Oklahoma set an all-time rainfall record in November.
