A woman is dead after being crushed by a century-old tree at an inner Melbourne park.
Police say emergency services were called to Princes Park on Royal Parade at Parkville about 8.30am on Monday to find the woman fighting for life.
The woman, believed to be in her 30s, was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a critical condition but died soon after arriving.
"Police will prepare a report for the coroner after a woman was struck by a tree in Parkville this morning," Victoria Police said in a statement on Monday.
No one else was injured in the incident.
Footage from the scene shows the massive tree has been completely uprooted and is lying on its side over a footpath, with its exposed roots ripped out of the ground.
The City of Melbourne is now examining other trees in the area and working out when the fallen tree was last inspected by arborists, something which is meant to happen every two years.
"Our arborists are on-site and all trees in the immediate vicinity will be re-assessed for safety as a matter of priority," city chief executive Justin Hanney said in a statement.
"The fallen tree is an English elm that was planted in 1913. It is one of 3000 elms and one of 77,000 trees on our tree register."
Part of Royal Parade has been closed to traffic while emergency services remain on scene.
It comes after days of wild weather across Victoria and southeastern Australia.
Another woman died on Friday when ferocious winds brought down a tree that crushed her car.
