Margao fire brigade at Seraulim to clear the tree that crashed on a jeep carrying gen set on Tuesday morning.
THE GOAN NETWORK
MARGAO: Three occupants of the jeep carrying a gen set had a miraculous escape after a huge tree came crashing on the vehicle in which they were travelling at Seraulim village on Tuesday.
The incident occurred on Tuesday morning when the vehicle carrying the gen set was struck by the huge uprooted tree.
Fire brigade said the three occupants of the vehicle, Atul Toppo, Ashok Axalso and Pravin Kujir had escaped unhurt. They managed to come out the vehicle with the help of people.
Seraulim deputy Sarpanch Leslie Dourado said the panchayat had twice trimmed the tree in the recent past. “Today, the tree was uprooted and it landed on the vehicle carrying the gen set. Fortunately, the occupants escaped without any injuries”, he added.
