Days after a massive tembusu tree killed one and injured four others when it fell at the Botanic Gardens, another tree toppled down at a carpark on Yuan Ching Road — also injuring an unfortunate person.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force was alerted at about 2.30pm yesterday, deploying an ambulance to the scene. A woman — 48-year-old Cher Hwee Hwang — was conveyed to Ng Teng Fong Hospital, where she was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit for treatment. Such is the severity of her injuries.
One hurt by falling tree at Yuan Ching Road carpark https://t.co/JuvKHnui7T pic.twitter.com/yxjTpSgwnG
— The Straits Times (@STcom) February 13, 2017
How the accident transpired remains unclear, but pictures of the scene obtained by The Straits Times showed that the tree fell on the open passenger door of a lorry, crushing its window. A witness found Cher lying on the floor in pain following the tree fall.
Cher’s plight however, fared better than Radhika Angara, who was killed when a 40m-tall hardwood tree toppled out of the blue last Saturday afternoon at the Botanic Gardens. The accident injured her husband and her two children, as well as a Singaporean lady.
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