A respected children's tragically lost her life in a freak accident during a family road trip when she fell out of a moving caravan onto a road.
Dr Monika Woroniecka, a 58-year-old mother and children's allergy and immunology specialist on Long Island, New York, US, was traveling in the 2024 silver trailer with her family when she tumbled through the door, landing on the concrete below, according to police and family statements.
At the time of the incident, Woroniecka's husband, Robert, 59, was driving the pick-up truck that was towing the caravan.
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Eyewitnesses to the horrifying event reported that the passenger-side door of the Airstream trailer swung open due to wind force while Dr Woroniecka was holding onto its handle, causing her to fall onto the highway shoulder and suffer a fatal head injury, police said.
Emergency services rushed her to hospital, where she was sadly pronounced dead. The tragic accident occurred as Woroniecka and her relatives were nearing the end of their road trip, according to state troopers.
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Dr Woroniecka had been a valued member of the Stony Brook Medicine team since the early 2000s, her medical profile reveals.
"She enjoys working with children and their families and developing a long-term relationship with families while guiding them through chronic allergy-related conditions," the profile stated. "Dr Woroniecka's native language is Polish [and] draws Polish-speaking families from far distances."
"Dr Woroniecka likes to travel, hike, exercise, and spend time with family and friends," the post continued. Her grieving family confirmed on Sunday that the victim was indeed a doctor on the island, which was also corroborated by state police, but both parties declined to comment further. Stony Brook officials had not immediately returned a request for comment.
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This is the latest in a series of terrible road accidents throughout the US. At the beginning of March, tragedy struck a western Illinois community after a school bus and lorry collided on a busy highway, killing two adults and three children, who have now all been identified.
The fiery crash occurred on US Route 24 when a bus travelling eastbound crossed the centre line and entered the westbound lanes, where the lorry was in its path. It reportedly carried a full load of sand, according to Illinois State Police Troop Captain Jody Huffman.
The bus's occupants have been identified as 5-year-old Maria Miller and her younger brother Andrew, 3, as well as 3-year-old Noah Driscoll and driver Angela Spiker, 57, of Rushville, Illinois. The lorry driver was 72-year-old David Coufal, from nearby Browning.