OLD GOA
A youth had a lucky escape when a tree came crashing down at Mandur, on Wednesday evening.
According to Sarpanch Prashant Naik, the huge tree came crashing down when the youth Chanda Naik was passing by on his bike.
“Luckily, Naik along with his bike were left right in the middle of the fallen tree but untouched,” Naik informed while stating that it was indeed a lucky escape for the youth.
In the same incident, a car which was parked was also damaged.
On being informed of the incident, the Old Goa fire personnel arrived at the spot and cleared the fallen tree. A villager Niku Dias also brought in his own chainsaw and helped in clearing the tree.
In another incident in Mandur in the morning, a tamarind tree came crashing and brought down three electricity poles along with it.
Here too, the fire personnel helped in clearing the tree but the power in the area was affected due to the fallen power poles.
Meanwhile, the Old Goa fire personnel also were called in to clear a fallen coconut tree at Malwara-Agassaim. The coconut tree had fallen on the road and had damaged a shed.
At the time of reporting, the fire personnel received yet another call in which a tree fell on the road and power lines at Curca.
