5000 trees chopped down at NSW schools after Bridget Wright killed in playground, says Education Department

By Tim Barlass
Updated August 28 2014 - 7:18am, first published 12:15am
Workers remove trees at Pitt Town Public School, where Bridget Wright was killed by a falling branch.  Photo: James Brickwood
Workers remove trees at Pitt Town Public School, where Bridget Wright was killed by a falling branch. Photo: James Brickwood

More than 5000 trees have been chopped down at schools across NSW with $13 million spent on "tree safety works" following the playground accident in February in which eight-year-old Bridget Wright was killed by a falling limb from a gum tree.

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