The family of three was killed when saturated ground caused a large tree to fall in the Chattanooga suburb of East Ridge just after midnight, Hamilton County OEM spokesperson Amy Maxwell said. No one else is believed to be missing at this time, officials said.

Saturated ground caused a large tree to fall on a car in East Ridge early Wednesday morning, killing a child and 2 people who were inside.

A mother, father and child were killed when a tree fell onto their car during heavy rain and flooding in East Ridge, a Chattanooga suburb, just after midnight Wednesday.