10-metre tree falls in Yau Ma Tei two days after woman killed by falling tree
A 10-metre-tall tree crashed down on the basketball court of a prestigious secondary school in Yau Ma Tei, just two days after the collapse of a tree in Mid-Levels killed a heavily pregnant woman.
A 10-metre-tall tree crashed down on the basketball court of a prestigious secondary school in Yau Ma Tei yesterday, just two days after the collapse of a tree in Mid-Levels killed a heavily pregnant woman.
No one was hurt in the incident at Wah Yan College, Kowloon - unlike in the first case, which resulted in the death of mother-to-be Zhang Qin, 37, and forced the delivery of her baby at 38 weeks' gestation by emergency caesarean section.
The newborn was still fighting for his life last night at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam. "The boy's condition remains critical," a hospital spokeswoman said.
At the time of his birth on Thursday, the baby's heart and breathing had stopped. He was revived after doctors performed emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation. "He is now kept inside an oxygen box at the neonatal intensive care unit," the spokeswoman said.
The tree that fell at about 5pm yesterday at the college, on Waterloon Road in Kowloon, destroyed the wire netting of a basketball court. Firefighters were called in to clear the site.
Another tree incident occurred on Ventris Road in Happy Valley.