Emergency services found the woman unresponsive but failed to revive her.
She is believed to be local as family members were seen arriving at the scene shortly after the tragedy.
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The area was cordoned off and Blackburn with Darwen Council, which owns the 480-acre park, has since felled the beech tree from which the branch fell.
A Lancashire Constabulary spokesman told Lancashire Live: ‘We were called to Witton Park, Preston Old Road, Blackburn, at 8.33pm on August 11 following reports a woman had been struck by a falling tree branch.
‘Emergency services attended and found the woman unresponsive.
‘Despite the best efforts of the emergency services, she was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.
‘Her death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for HM Coroner in due course.’
The family of a seven-year-old girl who died following the partial collapse of a tree in Southend have described her as “the light in their lives”.
In June,Leonna Ruka was enjoying the warm weather and playing with her sisters in Chalkwell Park in Southend-on-Sea when a tree collapsed on her.
Several children were pinned beneath it, including Leonna, as park-goers and family members rushed to raise the broken branches just after 3pm.
Leonna was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, where she died.
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