Yesterday (August 15) at around 8:30 pm, a branch of a erine tree on the sidewalk of Hongshan East Road suddenly broke. When the branch fell, a car and three passing citizens fell.
At around 10:30 pm, it was still raining when the reporter arrived at the scene. Staff from the Greening Office of Wuhua District have already carried out disposal work and used a chainsaw to cut off the branches of about 30 cm in diameter on the motor vehicle lane. Another branch of the tree facing the sidewalk, with a diameter of about 30 cm, was also broken. The broken branches lie horizontally on the sidewalk, and some of the broken branches are connected to the trunk. Master Yang, the gatekeeper of the nearby community, said that at around 8:30 pm, he suddenly heard a loud noise. When he came out, he realized that the branches of this big tree on the side of the road had broken.
Citizen Master Yang : "I heard the sound like something fell. At around 8:30, and then I came out and saw that the branch broke naturally and blocked the road. This is the main situation."
reporter : "Did the tree fall and hit someone? "
Citizen Master Yang : "After hitting a car, it may have injured several people."
reporter : "When the tree falls, it may have hurt a few people."
reporter learned from a person in charge of the Wuhua District Greening Operation Center on site that when the branch broke, in addition to hitting a car, three citizens were indeed injured to varying degrees when passing by, and were sent to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible. The branch breaking is a neem tree, which is at least 30 years old. The breaking is mainly related to the recent rainy weather.
Wu Wei, Manager of Wu Hua North Control Greening Operation Center: "The heavy rain during this period caused the tree trunk to be relatively fragile. After the trunk was fragile, the side trunk caused a break. After the break, it now has certain safety risks. We are dealing with the part that is not broken next to it."
Wu Wei said that because the fallen branches occupy some of the motor vehicle lanes, in order not to affect the normal travel of citizens, personnel have been organized to clean the broken branches overnight, and it is expected that normal traffic on the road will be restored before 7 a.m. on the 16th.
Manager of Wu Hua North Control Greening Operation Center Wu Wei : "The next step is to conduct investigations along the line and prune this tree with safety hazards, because the rainfall in the rainy season is also relatively heavy during this period, and there may be these safety hazards."
Three injured people were treated in the hospital. The incident happened too suddenly and there was no time to avoid
was hit by such a thick branch. What was the situation of the three injured people? Is there any life danger? That night, the reporter found the three injured in the emergency room of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University.
At twelve o'clock in the morning, in the hospital emergency room, the reporter met Mr. Li who had just been examined and was lying on the hospital bed for infusion. Mr. Li said that he rode an electric bike and went home with his friends. He saw that he had reached the doorstep of his home. The branches on his head suddenly fell down. Before he could react, the branches had already hit his back.
Injured Mr. Li : "I just remember that the tree pressed me down. My friend just hit me to the end and asked someone to come and drag the trees away and pulled me out of the tree."
Although it had been nearly four hours since the incident, Mr. Li, who was lying on the hospital bed, looked very dazed, and seemed to have not recovered from the previous shock.
Injured Mr. Li : "Now it's difficult to breathe. The film I took is here. sternum fracture , and other results will be waited until tomorrow."
reporter learned from Ma Haorong, director of the office of Wuhua North Control Greening Office, who accompanied the injured, that the injured were two men and one woman, a total of three people, two of whom have been treated, and the other injured is still under examination. All three injured are not in danger of life at present.
Office Director of Wuhua North Control Greening Office Ma Haorong : "This woman has scapula fracture . Her husband is following the film. She waited for the follow-up to find out that another young man named Li had a sternum fracture and was not in danger of life."
Ma Haorong said that after the incident, they came to the hospital to accompany the injured to check. Although the broken branches of the street tree were accidental, they were the management and maintenance director of the trees. They should take the initiative to take the responsibility and actively help the injured solve the follow-up problems.
Director of the Office of Wuhua North Control Greening Office Ma Haorong : "We will try our best to accompany them for the inspection tonight and accompany them throughout the process. Second, we will try our best to meet the needs of the injured. Anyway, all the things we should report have been reported now, and we will also carry out normal procedures for the insurance company."
Mr. Li did not look obvious, but his expression was a little dazed, and he seemed to have not recovered from the incident just now.
Reporter: Xu Jian Peng Zhi
Editor: Io Yu
