Driver escapes serious injury as large tree branch crashes on to truck in Yau Ma Tei
Two vehicles hit in separate incidents, raising questions over risk assessment programme
Two more incidents have raised further concern about the effectiveness of a tree-risk assessment programme.
A passenger in a truck was killed last week by a falling banyan tree in Tai Po.
In the latest incidents, driver Liu Chi-sing, 43, complained of dizziness after a large branch fell from a 10-metre tall banyan tree on to the roof of his truck in Yau Ma Tei shortly after 3pm. The tree branch fell in Tak Hing Street at a junction with Tak Shing Street, police said.
Liu complained of dizziness and was treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The branch damaged the vehicle's roof. The section of road was closed as firefighters removed the branch.
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department said a team inspected the tree on April 5 and found its condition normal. It would work with police to investigate the cause of the incident.
In the other incident, a 10-metre-tall tree collapsed on to the roof of a delivery van parked on Po Lam Road North at King Lam Estate, Tseung Kwan O.
