Tree falls on Saigon street, kills motorcyclist

A man riding a motorbike was killed when a tree fell on him in Ho Chi Minh City during a downpour on Thursday afternoon.

The accident occurred at around 3:30 pm on Nguyen Tri Phuong Street in District 10.

It was raining heavily when the 20-meter-tall tree collapsed on the still unidentified motorcyclists. 

Two other motorbikes and a sign belonging to a nearby store were also damaged during the incident.

The victim was rushed to Cho Ray Hospital, 1.4 kilometers from the scene, with one-third of his right shoulder shattered, a crushed right arm, and fractured left forearm bones.

A CT scan showed that the patient had a one-centimeter thick epidural hematoma on his right temporal membrane, putaminal hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and accumulation of intracranial air, according to Cho Ray Hospital’s director Nguyen Tri Thuc.

“Although the hospital urgently mobilized the entire force to give emergency treatment [to the patient], his injuries were too severe,” Dr. Thuc said.

The patient passed away on Friday morning, the hospital director confirmed.

In June, a falling tree branch also killed a motorcyclist during a rainstorm in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 10.

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