The massive tree that fell on Friday crushed the back half of his car and damaged a sheltered walkway. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – As he was driving along Tiong Bahru Road on Friday, Mr Wang saw a big tree to his left tilt before it started crashing down in his path.
Had Mr Wang – who declined to give his full name – been a second slower, the falling tree would have hit the car right where he was sitting, based on footage taken by the car’s dashboard camera seen by Shin Min. He added that he woke up later that day with neck pain and numbness in his legs, and hope that the authorities will check other old trees along the road to prevent similar incidents from happening again.
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