Elderly man dies after uprooted tree falls on him at Shamsheergunj

An elderly person was killed and a few others were injured when a tree fell on the road at Shamsheergunj in old city on Monday afternoon. Three vehicles were damaged in the incident.

According to the police, the victim Mohd Saleh (65), a resident of Chandulal Baradari was going on a scooter on the Shamsheergunj



road when old big tree, which is over two-decades old, all of a sudden got uprooted and fell on the busy road at around 2 pm on Monday.

He sustained injuries and got trapped under the tree. The local people and police rescued him and shifted to hospital where he died,” said an official of Shahalibanda police station.