A woman who was hit by a falling tree as she was driving on Galbraith Road has died as a result of injuries.Ellen Grieshop was hit by the tree on Feb. 6. She careened off the road, hit another tree and flipped.“She was the best thing that ever happened to me,” said her husband, John Grieshop. “She gave me two beautiful kids and a beautiful life for almost 20 years.”John said his wife was a respiratory therapist and was on her way to see a client. He said she wasn’t even supposed to be taking Galbraith, but it appears she got rerouted because an accident nearby, and it sent her on the detour.“I just sent my wife to heaven 2 and a half hours ago and I’m still trying to get my head around how a tree could fall on her on a road in Cincinnati,” John said Friday afternoon.Ellen is remembered as an animal lover who loved to help lost dogs find their way home. She often posted pictures of missing dogs on social media.A GoFundMe page has been set up to help her family.

A woman who was hit by a falling tree as she was driving on Galbraith Road has died as a result of injuries.

Ellen Grieshop was hit by the tree on Feb. 6. She careened off the road, hit another tree and flipped.


“She was the best thing that ever happened to me,” said her husband, John Grieshop. “She gave me two beautiful kids and a beautiful life for almost 20 years.”

John said his wife was a respiratory therapist and was on her way to see a client.

He said she wasn’t even supposed to be taking Galbraith, but it appears she got rerouted because an accident nearby, and it sent her on the detour.

“I just sent my wife to heaven 2 and a half hours ago and I’m still trying to get my head around how a tree could fall on her on a road in Cincinnati,” John said Friday afternoon.

Ellen is remembered as an animal lover who loved to help lost dogs find their way home. She often posted pictures of missing dogs on social media.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help her family.