A man sitting on the sidewalk selling goods was hit on the head by a falling tree branch and died tragically

While selling goods on the sidewalk in District 5 (HCMC), a man was hit on the head by a branch of a tree dozens of meters high. He was hospitalized in an emergency room with serious injuries and later died.

According to information from Laborer, on January 19, District 5 Police (Ho Chi Minh City) coordinated with relevant units to urgently investigate and clarify the cause of a broken green tree branch falling on a man. did not survive.

The victim's identity was determined to be Mr. NQD (36 years old, from Tien Giang).

Before that, at about 9:00 p.m. on January 18, while standing in front of a bag sale on Nguyen Trai Street, Ward 2, District 5 (HCMC), a green tree branch about 0.2m in diameter fell and hit Mr. D's head.

Hearing the victim's screams, people around ran to check and discovered that the victim's head was bleeding and were taken to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment in a seriously injured state.

Some residents said that the fallen tree branch was about 2 meters long, showed signs of rot, and there was no rain or wind at the time of the incident. It was noted that Nguyen Trai Street has many trees tens of meters high and the area where the incident occurred had many people selling fashion items at night.

"D's personality is gentle, he often sells handbags in the above area, but unexpectedly... Everyone here loves him," said the owner of a water shop near the scene.

According to information from Thanh Nien newspaper, District 5 authorities also came to examine the scene. This is a street known as a place that sells many fashionable clothes and clothes. Every night, this area has many people spilling out onto the sidewalks to sell goods.
According to some witnesses, when the tree branch broke and fell onto the road, an area crowded with people passing by, luckily these people were able to avoid it.

According to information from Tuoi Tre Newspaper, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Son - deputy technical department of Green Park Company Limited (representative of the tree management unit on Nguyen Trai Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City) said that the branch The broken tree fell on the head of Mr. NQD (36 years old, from Tien Giang) while selling in front of the address 70-72 Nguyen Trai Street (Ward 3, District 5) of an oil tree with code 260, classification 3.

The broken branch was still fresh, about 3.5 meters long and about 10cm in diameter at the break location, the branch location was nearly 30m above the ground.

After the incident, Mr. D. was taken to the emergency room at Nguyen Trai Hospital by people. As soon as they learned the above information, Green Park Company Limited sent someone to the hospital to visit and monitor Mr. D's health situation.

"Despite being actively treated by doctors at Nguyen Trai Hospital, Mr. D.'s health condition was still very poor and he passed away on the afternoon of January 19. This incident was unfortunate, no one expected it. "Representatives of the tree management unit and Ward 3 authorities and his family took Mr. D. home to help with the funeral," Mr. Son said.

Regarding the cause of the fatal incident of a broken tree branch, Mr. Son said that through checking the scene, the broken tree branch was a fresh branch, falling from a height of about 30m. The tree branch was split along the branch, no defects were noted, but it is possible that there is an underground crack inside the branch.

According to initial assessments, it may be because this is the time of season transition from rain to sunshine, leading to a decrease in the amount of water supplied to the tree, so the tree branches are likely to weaken.

At the same time, opposite this oil tree is a high-rise building. The tree is about 35m high, so there is space between the tree and the high-rise building. At the time of the incident, the company believed that the tree was affected by the wind effect of high-rise buildings, causing the branch to break.

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