Tree collapses on woman in Fulham leaving her with potentially life-changing injuries

The 16-year-old sufferer has not but been named (Peter Byrne/PA) / PA Wire
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lady has been struck by a falling tree in Fulham, leaving her with doubtlessly life-changing accidents.

The pedestrian, in her 30s, was critically injured within the incident on Fulham Palace Highway shortly earlier than 9.30am on Thursday.

A Met police spokesperson mentioned: “Police had been known as at 09:28hrs on Thursday, 21 September to studies {that a} tree had fallen onto a girl in Fulham Palace Highway, SW6.

“Officers attended together with paramedics from the London Ambulance Service.

“The lady, aged in her 30s, was taken to hospital the place her accidents had been assessed as not life-threatening, nevertheless could also be life-changing.

“A second lady was handled for minor accidents.”

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson mentioned: “We had been known as at 8.57am at this time (21 September) to studies of an incident on Fulham Palace Highway, SW6.

“We despatched a number of assets to the scene, together with an ambulance crew, a complicated paramedic, a medic in a quick response automobile and members of our tactical response unit.

“We handled a affected person on the scene for head, neck and again accidents earlier than taking them to a significant trauma centre as a precedence.”

Native MP Greg Arms posted a message concerning the incident on social media .

“Am shocked at information of the accident on Fulham Palace Highway, SW6, with a big part of a tree falling on pedestrians,” he wrote on X, previously often known as Twitter.

“One individual is reportedly badly injured.

“I’m being saved up to date by @MPSHammFul, however my ideas are with the victims and with the responders.”