Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Mar 9: A huge tree located in Rozario Road near State Bank here got uprooted due to rainfall experienced by the city on Wednesday March 9.
Luckily there was no movement of people around the tree when it came down. The tree fell on a lorry. The lorry driver, Purushotham Shale, who sensed that the tree was about to crush the lorry, jumped out and saved his life.
The tree fell along with the compound wall of BSNL. The falling tree inflicted huge damage to the lorry that had been parked by the roadside at that time. The tree covered the entire road on which it fell down. The road was empty when the tree came crashing.
The fire brigade at Pandeshwar took steps to clear the tree from the road. Pandeshwar police look up traffic control at the spot. Mescom staff took measures to sever power supply to the area.