SINGAPORE: Fourteen people were taken to hospital on Thursday (Dec 20) evening after a tree fell in Sembawang Park.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they responded to the incident at Beaulieu Road at about 5.55pm. Rescue and medical resources were dispatched to the scene.
There were no trapped casualties and the 14 people were taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in SCDF ambulances.
Mr Lim Hock Lye, who owns restaurant Beaulieu House in Sembawang Park, told Channel NewsAsia that he saw police and SCDF officers in the park at around 6pm.
A tree fell at Sembawang Park on Thursday (Dec 20), injuring 14 people. (Photo: Lim Hock Lye)
He said he heard from a passer-by that a group of about 10 were having a Christmas party near a playground. They took shelter in a pavilion, which was crushed when the tree fell on it, he said.
It was raining heavily in the area at the time of the incident, the Meteorological Service Singapore’s Weather@SG app showed.
The National Environment Agency had issued a heavy rain alert at around 5.50pm, warning of “moderate to heavy thundery showers with gusty wind” over the northern, eastern and central areas of Singapore at the time.
Workers clear away the fallen tree at Sembawang Park. (Photo: Marcus Mark Ramos)
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