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Photo: Nicolas Armer / dpa
A mother and her two-year-old child were trapped in a tree and seriously injured.
The tree with a trunk diameter of about 80 centimeters fell on a playground in Augsburg, as the professional fire brigade announced on site.
Before the rescue workers arrived, employees of a company who worked near the playground lifted the tree with a telescopic handler and freed the mother and her child.
Both were seriously injured in a hospital.
A sibling and a worker were looked after by a crisis intervention team.
Why the tree fell was initially unclear.
mic / dpa