 I've worked for DDOT for nearly 21 years and have never seen something quite like this. Even DDOT's associate director for the urban forestry division, Earl Utzler, is stumped over how the branch of a seemingly healthy tree fell and killed a woman this morning at Garfield Park. Utzler says the 100-year-old swamp white oak was inspected in 2022 and received a good rating. And the tree gave no indication, no outward indication that this was even a remote possibility.