About a dozen people, including foreign tourists, suffered injuries in Venice on Monday after a 50-year-old oak fell on them. At least two people are injured seriously. The accident occurred at the bus stop on Piazzale Roma Square, TASR reports according to AP report.
A group of people were waiting for people moving by buses or taxis from Venice to the Italian mainland on the latter, which is the last transfer station for people moving by buses or taxis.
When the oak fall the most seriously injured about 30-year-old Italian sitting on a wall under a tree with her two children. The woman suffered injuries in the abdomen, It was hospitalized while being in a critical condition. Her two young children escaped from an accident without serious injuries, but they are under the supervision of a psychologist.
There is also one other Italian, a fifty -year -old who suffered injuries in the chest area. Among the other injured is approximately 60-year-old Americanthat injured his head and accepted him for observation to the hospital as well as About 70-year-old American With injuries in the face area, or two tourists from Eastern Europe with numerous bruises. Four other Italians also suffered minor injuries.
In the video, you can see how unexpectedly broke the tree trunk – just above the root. The cause was not immediately known. “The tree was obviously healthy,” said Ansa Francesca Zaccariottová, who supervises public works as part of the local municipal council. She added that The authorities monitored this oak as well as several other trees, and nothing indicated that it could collapse.
