SINGAPORE - At least two trees in separate locations were toppled yesterday
during afternoon showers, leaving one person injured.
At around 11.30am, a tree in Sentosa was uprooted and crashed onto the roof
of a covered walkway, near escalators leading up from Merlion Plaza to Imbiah
Lookout.
A 65-year-old woman was believed to have been waiting for someone when the
tree crashed through the metal roof. A Singapore Civil Defence Force spokesman
said the woman was slightly injured in the incident, and complained of neck and
back pains. She was taken to the Singapore General Hospital.
The Sentosa spokesman said that trees on the island are checked by its
environment and landscape team, which covers various sections of the island in
its day-to-day operations.
"The fallen tree was last checked about three weeks ago," she added.
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When my paper visited Sentosa at 3.15pm, the fallen tree was still there.
The tree was about 9m tall.
Over a dozen workers were seen trying to remove it, with one using a chainsaw
to cut it into pieces.
A worker cutting the fallen tree into pieces with a chainsaw.
A tree in Sentosa crashed onto the roof of a covered walkway on Tuesday, near
escalators leading up from Merlion Plaza to Imbiah Lookout.
A 65-year-old woman was believed to have been waiting for someone when the tree
crashed through the metal roof.
A Singapore Civil Defence Force spokesman said the woman was slightly injured
in the incident, and complained of neck and back pains. She was taken to the
Singapore General Hospital.
A Sentosa Development Corporation spokesman told my paper that its rangers were
sent to the scene immediately, while marshals guided visitors away from the
area, which was cordoned off.
