Phuket man injured as falling tree crushes motorbike, fence
Eakkapop Thongtub

Rescue workers took two hours to clear the fallen tree from the road. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: One man is in hospital recovering from injuries sustained when his motorbike struck a tree that had fallen across the road in front of him moments earlier in Tambon Thepkrasattri, in central Phuket, last night (August 7).

Rescue workers arrived at the scene, on Baan Pa Krong Cheep Rd, at 11pm and transported local resident Phumarin Chiewwit, 18, who had suffered scrapes all over his body, a shoulder injury and a broken left leg, to Thalang Hospital.

The tree also crushed a fence and struck a parked six-wheeled truck belonging to the Civil Defense Volunteers office for Thepkassattri subdistrict.

Officials took two hours to clear the tree from the road.

Lt Suporn Muangkhai of the Thalang Police noted that the area has no street lights.

“And after so much rain, the ground around the tree could no longer support te weight of the tree,” he said.

Phuket Governor Nisit Jansomwong and many other provincial departments issued a severe weather warning to residents yesterday.

In issuing the weather warning, effective for August 7-9, Gov Nisit urged motorists to be careful and for residents to be aware of flash floods and landslides that might occur. (See story here.)

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-man-injured-as-falling-tree-crushes-motorbike-wall-53554.php

-- Phuket News 2015-08-08

Let me guess. Dark, going to fast, NO HEADLIGHT.

Good he got away with scrapes.

P.S. Very nice chainsaw!

I think the powers that be should also warn people about the danger of falling trees because this particular one is an example of what happens when there is too much rain and wind.

^^ Very nice chainsaw indeed. The Germans are great mechanical engineers. The Stihl commercial line is the gold standard in the vast forests in the US although they are made in Stihl's US factory.

That is a big tree which must have been ready to fall from what the story implies.