SINGAPORE: What began as a stroll in the Singapore Botanic Gardens on Saturday took a horrific turn when a 40m tembusu heritage tree crashed onto unsuspecting visitors, leaving one Indian national dead and four other people injured, including children.
Jonathan Ang, 29, who was sitting 30m away, described a cracking noise that "sounded like thunder" at about 4.25pm. Just seconds later, the tree hit the ground, bringing down nearby palm trees.
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