A 10-metre tree in Wong Tai Sin that fell with branches hitting a taxi driver on Saturday afternoon was to have been removed days ago but work was delayed by wet weather.
Removal work had begun last week, after a late August inspection revealing that a batch of surrounding trees was in poor health, said Architectural Services Department senior landscape architect Wong Chun-kit.
'The recent weather has been quite unstable. Our work was therefore interrupted intermittently.'
A 55-year-old taxi driver was released from hospital yesterday.
The incident happened at about 5pm on Saturday in Fung Mo Street, when the 10-metre Acacia confusa fell and hit two taxis, injuring one driver on the neck and waist. The tree had a diameter of 35 centimetres.
There were about a dozen trees planted on the same slope, all of which are to be trimmed or removed.