The extreme winter storm battering the Sierra and large swaths of California has resulted in the death of an 80-year-old woman in Placer County.
Courtesy of Palisades Tahoe/Matt Petersonbattering the Sierra and large swaths of California has resulted in the death of an 80-year-old woman in Placer County, authorities confirmed to SFGATE Wednesday.
Lois Barton, of Foresthill, died Tuesday after the snow porch of her home collapsed on her under several feet of snow. Three feet of snow had fallen on parts of Placer County in just 24 hours preceding the tragedy. Widespread power outages were also reported in the area, as residents in the Greater Tahoe region were told to hunker down through the blizzard.reported; firefighters arriving at the scene found her in a state of cardiac arrest, and she died on the way to the hospital.
After two days of heavy snow and high winds, the blizzard subsided in the region on Wednesday, though snow is expected to return this weekend.
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