It was a near-death escape for a woman and her son when she hit the brakes of the MPV she was driving to avoid an uprooted tree that was about to fall and crush the vehicle along Jalan Macalister in George Town, Penang when she noticed a huge uprooted angsana tree on the left side of the road about to fall.
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00:00 A mother and her son narrowly escaped a potential tragedy when she swiftly applied the brakes
00:07 of her MPV to avoid an uprooted tree, which was about to fall and crush their vehicle
00:12 along Jalan Mekalister in Georgetown.
00:15 The woman, in her 30s, recounted spotting the danger while driving along the one-way
00:20 street.
00:21 She said she was thankful that, despite the horrific incident, she and her son, who were
00:26 both wearing seatbelts, escaped unhurt from the tragic ordeal, which unfolded around 10
00:31 a.m. on Saturday.
00:34 The woman was one of several drivers who narrowly escaped being crushed by the uprooted tree.
00:39 The large tree toppled across the road, hitting another angsana tree on the opposite side
00:44 before the tree fell into a hotel car park, damaging four empty cars parked there.
00:51 The two affected angsana trees are believed to be 100 years old.
00:55 Eight firefighters from the Baganjermol Fire Station rushed to the scene at 10.16 a.m.
01:00 after the Fire and Rescue Department received a call from the public.
01:04 Operations Officer Mohamed Nazril Hishamnapia said firefighters, with the help of a crane
01:09 lifting the trees, cut them into smaller sizes so they could be removed from the site to
01:14 clear the area.
01:16 The Penang Island City Council, MBPPP, Civil Defense Department, and police also assisted
01:22 in the operation.
01:24 No injuries were reported in the incident.
01:26 For more information, visit www.fema.gov.au/coronavirus.
01:28 [End of Audio]