Pedestrian hurt by falling branch after lorry hits tree

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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A woman has been injured by a falling branch after a lorry hit a tree in south London.

The woman was walking to work when the Royal Mail lorry struck the tree outside her office in Blackfriars Road, Southwark, at about 08:30 BST.

Emergency crews were sent to the scene and fire crews held up a blue sheet while paramedics treated her for a leg injury before taking her to hospital.

The ambulance service said the 32-year-old woman was conscious and breathing.

[DGP1]

Unless the lorry mounted the footpath/verge and knocked over a tree then it's not the fault of the lorry but the fault of the tree owner for having a dangerous tree

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Unless the lorry mounted the footpath/verge and knocked over a tree then it's not the fault of the lorry but the fault of the tree owner for having a dangerous tree

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- looks like the branch was overhanging the road - and its on public land so the council will be at fault I think.

Mind you it looks like a Double Decker - they do seem accident prone.

[SpacePhoenix]

Lots of companies seem to be using trailers of a similar size to the RM double stackers so possibly their now a standard trailer size

[DGP1]

Double deckers do seem to be involved in more accidents than the other lorries, maybe the drivers need a bit more training to get them to remember that the lorry is a bit higher. And that branch looks pretty substantial, woman was very lucky it didn't hit her on the head, her injuries could have been much much worse

[noggin1969]

Standard trailer would have passed under that , he/she has only clipped it with the top 4" of the double stacker. Council to blame unless he/she shouldn't have been on that road or in that lane due to height or weight restrictions. Looking at that branch and the distance its dropped she's one lucky lady.

[Pompey Boy]

Shame Rm don't talk to local conucils and vice-versa. We never seem to know about road closures/works etc. Big fire on the seafront recently, but us poor posties still had to go down to try and empty a box that was wrapped in blue police tape, only to be told NO by Police/ Fire Brigade, then moaned at by managers