A Tree He collapsed, Kill a child And four others injured Was held by support for decades, a senior Councilor Where are you
A seven-year-old girl died and a six-year-old girl was seriously injured after falling a tree in Southnd-On-C’s Chalkwell Park on Saturday afternoon.
Three other children suffered minor injuries in the incident. The police is investigating what happened and an area has been established for flowers and tributes.
Councilor James Cortene, leader of Southnd Council’s Orthodox Group Missed playing near the tree As a child in the 1990s, when it was Supports wood Later was replaced with the metal.
“When I was a child I remember that it supports wood in the 1990s,” Mr. Curtain told the BBC.
Since then it has been holding the metal bars for years, he said.
Dozens of eyewitnesses saw the tragic incident with around 40–50 people and tried to raise the fallen tree to save the trapped children.
Regarding the players of the West Cliff Cricket Club, he said, “It would actually have been taken to half the cricket team with others to move it,” he said about the players of the WestClif Cricket Club, who were trying to lift the tree earlier.
“These are exactly huge branches for a tree which is hundreds of years old.”
Lucy Morris, assistant chief constable of Essex Police, said: “Updates will be provided on the condition of a small girl made in the hospital.
“I know that many people must be thinking about him today and he is in the right place, getting immediate and surrounding care of his family.”
“Sadly, his situation is still very serious at this time.”
