Burst
Written by: Shao Peilin, Guo Qianwen
2020-05-22 09:55
Last update date: 2020-05-22 13:11This morning (22nd), there were showers and squally thunderstorms in many parts of Hong Kong. The police received several reports of tree collapse. At 8 o'clock in the morning, trees fell outside the market of Pok Hong Village in Sha Tin. During this period, branches fell and hit an old man passing by. The old man was crushed by a tree with a diameter of about 20 cm and a height of about 6 meters. He couldn't move. He was reported to the police to assist him. Finally, he was rescued by the firefighter by cutting off the branches. The 73-year-old surnamed Li was seriously injured in a coma and was sent to the hospital for rescue. The police are investigating the incident.
It was seen at the scene that the old man was crushed by a tree about 8 meters long. He was lying on the ground and rescued by the firefighters. (Photo provided by reader Liu)
The old man was rescued by a fireman sawing off branches. He was stunned and sent to the hospital for rescue. (Photo by Guo Qianwen)
Incidents of tree collapses in Tagang in recent years:
May 9, 2019: A 20-meter-high phoenix tree fell from Fuzhi Street in Hung Hom, injuring a female passerby across the road. At that time, the 47-year-old female passerby, who was surnamed Ou, was walking across the restaurant on the opposite footpath and was hit by a fallen tree crown in the head. Fortunately, she suffered only minor injuries and bleeding.
October 26, 2018: A 31-year-old man named Luo, a 60-year-old male tree-cutting worker, was hit by a section of tree trunk about 3 meters long and about 10 centimeters in diameter. , Sent to hospital by ambulance for rescue.
October 2, 2018: During a tree pruning off Bayview International Hotel, No. 4, Harbour Road , Wan Chai, a 41-year-old female worker was hit by a section of a tree branch about 1.5 meters long and about an inch in diameter. Injured to the shoulder, his coworkers called the police for help when they found it.
August 21, 2018: A bus stop off Jishun School in Shunli Village , Kwun Tong. A 48-year-old Indian maid was hit in the head by a tree about 3 meters long, about 4 inches in diameter and weighing about 30 kilograms. The maid fell into a coma. The employer named Huang Nan, who was accompanied by the police, immediately called the police, and the maid was taken to the hospital by ambulance, but unfortunately he eventually died.
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Collapsed tree
