Yangon woman crushed to death by falling tree

A 62-year-old woman was crushed to death on Friday after a tree collapsed on top of her as she walked in downtown Yangon.

According to the Global New Light of Myanmar, Daw Eidrawei Hlaing was walking by the Myawaddy housing estate in Mingalar Taung Nyunt township at around 9:30pm when the accident happened.

The tree was reported to have been old and in a fragile condition.

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